SMELL FAMILY · EDITORIAL
Sharp and bitter
Smells that bite, sting or catch the back of the nose.
Words in this family
25 smells, A to Z
- Beach Towel SB-0145 · salty
- Black Pepper SB-0158 · spicy, pungent
- Burnt Toast SB-0162 · bitter
- Chlorine / Pool SB-0024 · chemical
- Cinema Popcorn SB-0073 · salty
- Cinnamon SB-0035 · spicy
- Cinnamon Roll SB-0049 · spicy
- Clove SB-0156 · spicy
- Cocoa Powder SB-0137 · bitter
- Coffee SB-0005 · bitter
- Curry Spice Blend SB-0183 · spicy
- Dark Chocolate SB-0019 · bitter
- Garlic SB-0036 · pungent
- Ginger SB-0155 · spicy
- Grapefruit Peel SB-0127 · bitter
- Lemon Zest SB-0018 · bitter
- New Paint SB-0069 · chemical
- Nutmeg SB-0157 · spicy
- Ocean Spray SB-0089 · salty
- Onion SB-0056 · pungent
- Orange Peel SB-0004 · bitter
- Sea Air SB-0007 · salty
- Seaweed SB-0039 · salty
- Tomato Leaf SB-0011 · bitter
- Vinegar SB-0057 · pungent
Families that share smells with this one
- Temperature and texture 12 shared
- Fresh and clean 10 shared
- Sweet, fruity and floral 3 shared
- Wood, earth and stone 4 shared
- Cooked and fermented 4 shared
- Animal, material and lived-in 1 shared
Words that are easy to mix up
Smell families group the words SmellBook uses to describe smells. An entry appears in a family when one of its own words belongs there, so it can appear in several. Families help you browse; they are not a scientific classification of smells, and the lists are alphabetical, not ranked.