SMELL WORD · SWEET, FRUITY AND FLORAL
Floral
Flower and petal-associated smell language.
Spanish (pilot): Floral · pending native-speaker review
floral · petal · green · soft
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Fragrance ReferenceJasminefloral · lush · sweet · green
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Fragrance ReferenceLavenderaromatic · floral · herbal · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / StateGarden After Rainwet · green · earthy · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Floral ReferenceLilacfloral · soft · sweet · green
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Floral ReferenceGardeniafloral · creamy · lush · sweet
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / Herbal ReferenceChamomileherbal · soft · floral · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Natural ProductHoneysweet · floral · warm · waxy
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentFlorist Shopfloral · green · fresh · cool
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentFlower Marketfloral · green · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / FoodPeachfruity · sweet · soft · floral
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / FoodMangofruity · tropical · sweet · floral
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Seasonal EnvironmentSummer Gardengreen · floral · warm
Open entry →Floral in SmellBook Learn
- Floral and Powdery · Smell Vocabulary word pair
Close words
Easily confused with
- Where do floral and powdery meet? (SmellBook Learn)
Same family: sweet, fruity and floral
SmellBook uses “floral” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.
Often used with floral
- Green: 8 of 13 entries
- Sweet: 6 of 13 entries
- Fresh: 5 of 13 entries
- Soft: 4 of 13 entries
- Dry: 2 of 13 entries
- Fruity: 2 of 13 entries
Counts of Atlas entries described by both words. They show how SmellBook's entries use the vocabulary, not how people perceive smells, and they change as entries are added. All counts (JSON)
Permanent identifier smellbook:descriptor:floral · This record and its links as data (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Floral (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:floral. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/floral
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.