MOLECULE
Also named β-myrcene in SmellBook’s evidence.
Named in 2 VERIFIED claims about 2 Atlas entries: Pine Needles, Church Incense.
Major component · the claim says “contained high percentages of”
Essential oils from the needles and green cones of four pine species contained high percentages of α-pinene, (E)-caryophyllene, limonene, germacrene D, myrcene and δ-3-carene.
Scope: Needle and cone oils of four Pinus species from one region, reported together; composition, not odour potency. CLM-PINENEEDLE-001 ↗
Key odorant · the claim says “key odorants included”
Aroma extract dilution analysis of frankincense (Boswellia sacra) resin from Somalia and Oman detected 23 odorants; key odorants included α-pinene, β-myrcene, linalool, p-cresol and two unidentified sesquiterpenoids.
Scope: Unburnt resin of one Boswellia species; the smoke of burning incense and other incense blends were not studied. CLM-FRANKINCENSE-001 ↗
UAHWPYUMFXYFJY-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:myrcene · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). myrcene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:myrcene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/myrcene
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.