Elevator

A small enclosed transit interior combining metal, flooring, conditioned air, cleaning and brief human occupancy.

metalliccleanenclosedambient

ATLAS POSITION144 / 200

MILESTONEAtlas 150

PRIMARY CATEGORYPlaces

PUBLIC TYPEPlace / Environment

PROFILE STATUScomplete

COLORElevator steel TEXTUREMetal and floor covering SOUNDDoor chime TEMPERATUREMild

CULTURAL3associations / context

EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure

VERIFIED0published source-backed claims

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01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL

Color: Elevator steel
Texture: Metal and floor covering
Temperature: Mild
Sound: Door chime

02FEELS LIKECULTURAL

transitbriefurban

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

03CONTEXTCULTURAL

office towerhotelapartment building

04NEARBYEXPERIMENTAL

Early editorial relationships, not a live graph ranking.

05SCIENCE & SOURCESEXPERIMENTAL

No VERIFIED scientific claim is attached to this early profile yet.

SmellBook will add citations claim-by-claim when reliable sources are available. Cultural associations and prototype relationships remain labeled separately.

Read the public methodology ↗Open source registry ↗

WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS

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Collections

Office & Paper

PROFILE NOTE

Elevator smell varies by building and cleaning context and is not a safety assessment.

EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 1

Initial public canonical profile.

Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22

EVIDENCE MATTERS

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