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Burnt Toast

Permanent ID: smellbook:smell:burnt-toast · updated 2026-10-06, revision 2

Character EDITORIAL

Burnt toast smells dark, dry and acrid, with a charred, bitter sharpness that overwhelms the gentle bread smell underneath.

Words: burnt, dry, bitter, smoky. Families: Temperature and texture, Sharp and bitter, Cooked and fermented.

States: burned (EDITORIAL). A state says how an entry is met, such as wet, aged or roasted. It does not create a new smell, and it adds no scientific fact by itself: states marked EDITORIAL come from the entry's own records, and only those marked VERIFIED are reported by a VERIFIED claim.

Met in: Kitchen.

Evidence

No VERIFIED claim is attached to this entry yet. The description is editorial.

Cite

SmellBook. (2026). Burnt Toast (revision 2, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:burnt-toast. https://smellbook.com/smells/burnt-toast

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