MOLECULE
Named in 2 VERIFIED claims about 2 Atlas entries: Black Tea, Peach.
Key odorant · the claim says “key odour-active compounds”
Aroma recombination and omission tests confirmed (E)-β-damascenone, β-ionone, dihydro-β-ionone, linalool and geraniol as key odour-active compounds of a sun-dried black tea.
Scope: One sun-dried black tea; black tea aroma varies with cultivar, origin and processing. CLM-BLACKTEA-001 ↗
Key odorant · the claim says “key contributors”
An analysis of peach varieties found alcohols, ketones, esters and aldehydes contributed most to the aroma, and identified (E,E)-2,6-nonadienal, γ-decalactone, β-ionone and hexyl hexanoate as key contributors.
Scope: Peach types from one region, ranked by relative odour activity values without olfactometry. CLM-PEACH-001 ↗
PSQYTAPXSHCGMF-BQYQJAHWSA-NChecked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.
SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.
Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:beta-ionone · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). β-ionone (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:beta-ionone. https://smellbook.com/molecules/beta-ionone
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.