Forrex

Government of British Columbia

Canadian forest service

NRCan

Odor Checkboxes

Mild not with distinctly marked odor, matches also with, 'absent', 'none', 'not distinctive', 'faint', and 'neutral'
Almond with almond odor, matches also with 'marzipan' or 'cyanide'
Anise with anise odor, matches also with 'licorice'
Apple with odor of apple
Apricots with odor of apricot fruit
Aromatic with aromatic odor, matches only with that specific word
Bleach with odor of bleach or chlorine, matches also with 'alkaline', 'chlorine', and 'nitrous', the last not being identical but being close
Bubble Gum with odor of bubble gum
Burnt Sugar with odor of burnt sugar candy, will match with 'sugar'
Cedar with odor of cedar wood
Celery with odor of celery
Chestnut Catkins with odor of chestnut catkins
Citronella with odor of citronella oil, citronella being a South American grass yielding a fragrant oil used in insect repellants and perfumes
Coal Tar with odor of coal tar or coal gas
Coconuts with odor of coconut flesh
Cucumbers with odor of cucumber
Curry with odor of curry spice
Earthy with odor of freshly dug earth
Farinaceous with odor of freshly ground meal from whole grain, especially wheat, will match with 'farinaceous', 'mealy', or 'flour'
Fenugreek with odor of fenugreek spice
Fetid with stinking odor, matches also with 'foetid'
Fishy with odor of fish flesh
Flowers with odor of flowers, matches also with 'blossom'
Fragrant with fragrant odor, matches also with 'scented'
Fruity with odor of fresh fruit or fruit candy, will match with 'fruit'
Funguslike with fungoid odor, matches also with 'mushroomy'
Garlic with odor of freshly cut garlic
Geranium with odor of the flower geranium
Grapefruit with odor of freshly cut grapefruit
Grass with odor of grass or fresh-mown grass
Green Corn with odor of green corn, matches also with 'corn silk' and 'spermatic'
Herbs with odor suggesting some sort of herbs, will match with 'herbs'
Honey with odor of honey
Hot Metal with odor of hot metal, locomotive, or a hot plate, as in Cortinarius callisteus, will match with 'hot metal'
Ink with odor of liquid ink
Iodine with odor of iodine antiseptic or tincture of iodine, matches also with 'iodoform'
Linseed Oil with odor of linseed oil, used in oil painting
Maraschino with odor of maraschino cherries
Musty with stale moldy odor, will match with 'musty'
Nauseating with odor that makes one feel nauseated
Nitrous with odor of nitric acid, matches also with 'alkaline', 'bleach' or 'chlorine' which are not identical but close
Nutty with odor of nuts
Oily with odor of some sort of oil
Onions with odor of freshly cut onions
Oranges with odor of freshly cut oranges or orange juice, will match with 'orange' or 'oranges'
Papayas with odor of freshly cut papaya
Peaches with odor of fresh peach
Pears with odor of fresh pear
Pepper with odor of black pepper
Phenolic with odor of phenol as in several common inedible Agaricus species, especially when cooked
Pleasant will match with 'pleasant' in odor description
Potatoes with odor of freshly cut raw potato
Pungent having a strong sharp odor, will match with 'pungent' in odor description
Radishes with odor of freshly cut radish, matches also with 'raphanoid'
Rancid with odor of stale fat or stale cooking oil, will match with 'rancid'
Resinous with odor of some sort of tree resin, will match with 'resinous'
Rotten smelling as if decomposed by bacteria or fungi, will match with 'rotten'
Sage with odor of the herb sage
Skunk with odor of skunk or skunk cabbage
Soapy with odor of hand soap, will match with 'soap' or 'soapy'
Spermatic with odor of human sperm, matches also with 'corn silk' and 'green corn'
Spicy with nonspecific odor suggesting a strong spice, but not including garlic, basil, sage
Straw with odor of straw
Strong will match with 'strong' in odor description
Sweet will match with 'sweet' in odor description
Toilet Cleaner will match with 'toilet cleaner' in odor description
Turnips with odor of freshly cut turnip
Unpleasant will match with 'unpleasant', 'disagreeable', 'rank', 'foul' or 'disgusting' in odor description
Washrooms with odor of stale washrooms, a combination of urine and deodorizer, will match with 'washrooms'
Watermelons with odor of freshly cut watermelon
Unusual with any unusual odor not mentioned above, such as antiseptic, artichoke, basil, bean, bedstraw, bouillon, buggy, burnt horn, butterscotch, candles, cheese, cherry pits, chicory, cinnamon, dirty, empty wine barrels, frozen orange juice, fruit candy, gingerbread, grainlike, grapelike, green pepper, Japanese oranges, jessamine, juniper wood, laundry room, leather, lemon, lily, linen, malt, mashed potato, maple sugar, medicinal, menthol, mink, mock orange, mothballs, mouse, mown grass, nutmeg, orange blossom, peach pits, plantlike, plum, potato leaves, puffball, pumpkin, roasted corn, root beer, rotten eggs, rotting cabbage, rubber, sesame, sewer gas, smelly sock, sour, sour dishrags, spun sugar, sweat, sweet clover, sweet pea, sweetbread, tomato leaf, vinegar, walnut, waxy, wet dog, wild licorice, wine, wood, yeast; find by entering, for example, odor = sewer gas in the text box "To Search for a word"