COMPARE TWO SMELLS

Baked Apple vs Apple

Fresh Apple is crisp and green-fruity; Baked Apple is softer, warmer and more caramelized through heat.

Baked Apple

A warm cooked-fruit smell with soft apple, caramelized sweetness and baking associations.

fruitywarmsweetbaked

Type: Food / Prepared State

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Baked apple gold
Texture: Soft cooked fruit
Temperature: Warm

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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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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In the evidence

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

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: Baked Apple and Apple

What SmellBook records about Baked Apple and Apple
Field	Baked Apple	Apple	Shared
Record	SB-0179 · smellbook:smell:baked-apple	SB-0051 · smellbook:smell:apple	Not compared
Character EDITORIAL	Baked apple smells warm, soft and sweet, with tender cooked fruit and a gentle tartness under a caramelised, slightly toasted sweetness.	Apple smells crisp, juicy and fresh, opening with a bright green edge and settles into soft sweetness.	Not compared
Smell words EDITORIAL	fruity, warm, sweet, baked	fruity, fresh, green, sweet	fruity, sweet
Families EDITORIAL	Temperature and texture, Sweet, fruity and floral	Fresh and clean, Sweet, fruity and floral	Sweet, fruity and floral
Met in EDITORIAL	Kitchen, Market	Kitchen	Kitchen
States	baked (editorial)	fresh (editorial), cut (editorial)	None shared
VERIFIED evidence VERIFIED	None yet	2 claims from 2 sources	Not compared
Molecules named in claims VERIFIED	None named	(E)-2-hexenal, hexanal, hexyl 2-methylbutanoate, α-farnesene	None shared
History	None linked yet	None linked yet	Not compared

What SmellBook records as different

Words: warm, baked only for Baked Apple; fresh, green only for Apple.
Families: Temperature and texture only for Baked Apple; Fresh and clean only for Apple.
Settings: Market only for Baked Apple; none only for Apple.
Molecules named in claims: none only for Baked Apple; (E)-2-hexenal, hexanal, hexyl 2-methylbutanoate, α-farnesene only for Apple.

What is not known

How similar the two smell to any one person: SmellBook records no measurement of similarity between smells.
Why Baked Apple smells as it does: no VERIFIED scientific claim yet.
Which molecules the two share: the claims do not name molecules 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.