SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0154
Cherry
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Character EDITORIAL
Fresh cherries smell bright, sweet and gently tart, with a clean red-fruit character that is softer than many people expect.
Words: fruity, sweet, tart, bright. Families: Sweet, fruity and floral.
Met in: Market.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Aroma compounds of sweet cherries (CLM-CHERRY-001). Ya-Qin Wen, Fei He, Bao-Qing Zhu, Yi-Bin Lan, Qiu-Hong Pan, Chun-You Li, Malcolm J. Reeves & Jun Wang, Free and glycosidically bound aroma compounds in cherry (Prunus avium L.), Food Chemistry, 2014.
Molecules named in these claims: (E)-2-hexenal, decanal, hexanal, β-ionone, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol. A molecule listed here is named in a VERIFIED claim about this smell. It is not presented as the cause of the smell; each claim says what its source supports.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Cherry (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:cherry. https://smellbook.com/smells/cherry
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