SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0156
Clove
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Character EDITORIAL
Clove has a strong, warm and penetrating smell, sweet at first and then dry, woody and slightly prickly in the nose.
Words: spicy, warm, sweet, woody. Families: Temperature and texture, Sweet, fruity and floral, Sharp and bitter, Wood, earth and stone.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Eugenol in clove essential oil (CLM-CLOVE-001). José Nabor Haro-González, Gustavo Adolfo Castillo-Herrera, Moisés Martínez-Velázquez & Hugo Espinosa-Andrews, Clove Essential Oil (Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): Extraction, Chemical Composition, Food Applications, and Essential Bioactivity for Human Health, Molecules, 2021.
Molecules named in these claims: eugenol, eugenyl acetate, α-humulene, β-caryophyllene. 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). Clove (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:clove. https://smellbook.com/smells/clove
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