COMPARE TWO SMELLS

Rose vs Tomato Leaf

Both are botanical. Rose emphasizes petal softness while tomato leaf emphasizes sharp green stem and leaf character.

Rose

Petal softness with green, fresh and sometimes honeyed floral associations.

floralpetalgreensoft

Type: Source

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Muted rose
Texture: Velvet petal
Temperature: Mild

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

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Tomato Leaf

A vivid green plant smell with sharp, leafy and slightly bitter character.

greenleafysharpbitter

Type: Source

Sensory associations CULTURAL

Color: Tomato-stem green
Texture: Fuzzy leaf
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 Rose: 2-phenylethanol, citronellol, geraniol, nerol, rotundone
Only Tomato Leaf: 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: Rose and Tomato Leaf

What SmellBook records about Rose and Tomato Leaf
Field	Rose	Tomato Leaf	Shared
Record	SB-0006 · smellbook:smell:rose	SB-0011 · smellbook:smell:tomato-leaf	Not compared
Character EDITORIAL	Rose smells soft and petal-like, with a fresh green note and, in some flowers, a light honeyed sweetness.	Tomato leaf smells vividly green and sharp, with a bitter, slightly peppery edge and a sticky, plant-sap intensity.	Not compared
Smell words EDITORIAL	floral, petal, green, soft	green, leafy, sharp, bitter	green
Families EDITORIAL	Temperature and texture, Fresh and clean, Sweet, fruity and floral	Fresh and clean, Sharp and bitter	Fresh and clean
Met in EDITORIAL	Garden, Florist shop	Garden, Greenhouse	Garden
States	fresh (VERIFIED), cut (editorial)	None recorded	None shared
VERIFIED evidence VERIFIED	2 claims from 2 sources	1 claim from 1 source	Not compared
Molecules named in claims VERIFIED	2-phenylethanol, citronellol, geraniol, nerol, rotundone	None named	None shared
History	None linked yet	None linked yet	Not compared

What SmellBook records as different

Words: floral, petal, soft only for Rose; leafy, sharp, bitter only for Tomato Leaf.
Families: Temperature and texture, Sweet, fruity and floral only for Rose; Sharp and bitter only for Tomato Leaf.
Settings: Florist shop only for Rose; Greenhouse only for Tomato Leaf.
Molecules named in claims: 2-phenylethanol, citronellol, geraniol, nerol, rotundone only for Rose; none only for Tomato Leaf.

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.