Garlic

A strong savoury, sulfurous and pungent food smell that changes dramatically when cut or cooked.

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ATLAS POSITION036 / 200

MILESTONEIconic 100

PRIMARY CATEGORYFood & Drink

PUBLIC TYPESource

PROFILE STATUScomplete

COLORWarm ivory TEXTUREFresh clove SOUNDKnife on chopping board TEMPERATUREWarm

CULTURAL3associations / context

EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure

VERIFIED0published source-backed claims

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01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL

Color: Warm ivory
Texture: Fresh clove
Temperature: Warm
Sound: Knife on chopping board

02FEELS LIKECULTURAL

appetiteintensitykitchen

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

03CONTEXTCULTURAL

freshly cut clovecooking panrestaurant kitchen

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.

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WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS

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Kitchen Aromas Sharp Kitchen

Time of day

Evening

PROFILE NOTE

Garlic is a strong example of preparation state changing smell identity.

EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 1

Initial public canonical profile.

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

EVIDENCE MATTERS

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