SMELL WORD · COOKED AND FERMENTED
Smoky
Smoke, ash, charred or resin-burning smell directions.
Spanish (pilot): Ahumado · pending native-speaker review
smoky · dry · warm · woody
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Phenomenon ExperienceCampfiresmoky · warm · woody
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Cultural ExperienceChurch Incenseresinous · smoky · warm
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / EnvironmentFireplacesmoky · warm · woody
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Place / Cultural EnvironmentOld Churchwoody · waxy · dry
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Overheated StateBurnt Toastburnt · dry · bitter · smoky
Open entry →Smoky in SmellBook Learn
- Woody and Smoky · Smell Vocabulary word pair
Close words
Easily confused with
- When does woody become smoky? (SmellBook Learn)
SmellBook uses “smoky” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.
Often used with smoky
- Woody: 5 of 6 entries
- Dry: 4 of 6 entries
- Warm: 4 of 6 entries
- Bitter: 1 of 6 entries
- Resinous: 1 of 6 entries
- Waxy: 1 of 6 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:smoky · This record and its links as data (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Smoky (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:smoky. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/smoky
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.