SMELL WORD · ANIMAL, MATERIAL AND LIVED-IN

Industrial

Manufactured, transport, workshop and material-forward smell language.

Spanish (pilot): Industrial · pending native-speaker review

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SMELLS DESCRIBED AS INDUSTRIAL23

Smell entry · Type: Product / Material ExperienceGasoline

sharp · volatile · industrial · sweet-solvent

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: MaterialRubber

rubbery · dark · warm · industrial

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / Perceptual ReferenceMetal

metallic · cool · sharp · industrial

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentSubway / Metro

metallic · dusty · industrial

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentGarage

industrial · rubbery · metallic · dusty

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Place ExperienceNew Car

clean · synthetic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Place ExperienceNew Paint

sharp · fresh · chemical

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentAirport

clean · dry

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / ExperienceNew Shoes

rubbery · synthetic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Material ExperienceTennis Ball

rubbery · fuzzy

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / StateFresh Concrete

mineral · wet · alkaline

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentHospital Corridor

clean · cool

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTrain Carriage

fabric · metallic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentAirplane Cabin

dry · clean

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTaxi Interior

fabric · plastic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Material / StateCold Metal Rail

metallic · cold · sharp

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / EnvironmentWarm Electronics

warm · plastic · dry

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentElevator

metallic · clean

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Product / Cultural ExperienceHand Sanitizer

sharp · volatile · clean

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentBus Interior

fabric · rubbery

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentTram Interior

metallic

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Retail EnvironmentHardware Store

industrial · woody

Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentParking Garage

concrete · rubbery · industrial

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Same family: animal, material and lived-in

All smells in the animal, material and lived-in family

HOW SMELLBOOK USES THIS WORD

SmellBook uses “industrial” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.

Often used with industrial

Metallic: 7 of 23 entries
Clean: 6 of 23 entries
Fabric: 5 of 23 entries
Dry: 3 of 23 entries
Cool: 2 of 23 entries
Warm: 2 of 23 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:industrial · This record and its links as data (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Industrial (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:industrial. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/industrial

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30; changed in the first of two dataset releases of 2026-10-01 (localized names).