COMPARE TWO SMELLS

Apple vs Strawberry

Both are fresh fruit smells, but apple leans crisp and green while strawberry is softer, sweeter and more red-fruit driven.

Apple

A crisp, juicy fruit smell with green, sweet and lightly tart associations.

fruityfreshgreensweet

Type: Source / Food

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Apple green
Texture: Crisp skin
Temperature: Fresh

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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Strawberry

A bright red-fruit smell combining sweet, fresh, green and juicy associations.

fruitysweetfreshgreen

Type: Source / Food

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Strawberry red
Texture: Soft seeded fruit
Temperature: Fresh

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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In the evidence

Named for both: No molecule is named in the evidence for both.
Only Apple: (E)-2-hexenal, hexanal, hexyl 2-methylbutyrate (hexyl 2-methylbutanoate), α-farnesene
Only Strawberry: None named.

Molecules named by VERIFIED claims about each entry, in the roles the claims give them. Sharing a molecule does not make two smells alike, and an entry with none named may simply have less evidence so far.

Side by side: Apple and Strawberry

What SmellBook records about Apple and Strawberry
Field	Apple	Strawberry	Shared
Record	SB-0051 · smellbook:smell:apple	SB-0053 · smellbook:smell:strawberry	Not compared
Character EDITORIAL	Apple smells crisp, juicy and fresh, opening with a bright green edge and settles into soft sweetness.	Bright, sweet and juicy, strawberry has a red-fruit warmth lifted by a fresh green note reminiscent of the leafy tops.	Not compared
Smell words EDITORIAL	fruity, fresh, green, sweet	fruity, sweet, fresh, green	fruity, fresh, green, sweet
Families EDITORIAL	Fresh and clean, Sweet, fruity and floral	Fresh and clean, Sweet, fruity and floral	Fresh and clean, Sweet, fruity and floral
Met in EDITORIAL	Kitchen	Market	None shared
States	fresh (editorial), cut (editorial)	fresh (VERIFIED)	fresh
VERIFIED evidence VERIFIED	2 claims from 2 sources	1 claim from 1 source	Not compared
Molecules named in claims VERIFIED	(E)-2-hexenal, hexanal, hexyl 2-methylbutanoate, α-farnesene	None named	None shared
History	None linked yet	None linked yet	Not compared

What SmellBook records as different

Settings: Kitchen only for Apple; Market only for Strawberry.
Molecules named in claims: (E)-2-hexenal, hexanal, hexyl 2-methylbutanoate, α-farnesene only for Apple; none only for Strawberry.

What is not known

How similar the two smell to any one person: SmellBook records no measurement of similarity between smells.
Which molecules the two share: the claims do not name molecules for both.
Whether the two were ever studied together: their claims come from separate studies unless a source is named for both.

This table compares what SmellBook records about each smell. Rows marked EDITORIAL come from editors' descriptions and links; rows marked VERIFIED come from VERIFIED claims, each resting on a registered source; a claim that could not be checked against the source text says so on its own page. It is not a similarity score: SmellBook shows no percentage or distance between smells.

STATUS

Editorial comparison based on the current public profiles, not a live similarity score.