MOLECULE
Named in 2 VERIFIED claims about 2 Atlas entries: Basil, Clove.
Linked to the odour · the claim says “to a clove-like smell”
A sensory and volatilomics comparison of nine basil types linked eugenol and germacrene D to a clove-like smell, and β-pinene and γ-cadinene to a piquant smell.
Scope: Correlations across nine Ocimum types; association rather than proof of cause, and basil chemotypes differ widely. CLM-BASIL-001 ↗
Major component · the claim says “the major compound of clove essential oil”
A review reports eugenol as the major compound of clove essential oil, at least half of it, with eugenyl acetate, β-caryophyllene and α-humulene making up a further 10–40%.
Scope: Clove essential oil and extracts; composition, not odour potency, and amounts vary with the extraction method. CLM-CLOVE-001 ↗
RRAFCDWBNXTKKO-UHFFFAOYSA-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:eugenol · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). eugenol (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:eugenol. https://smellbook.com/molecules/eugenol
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.