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FIND A SMELL

I don’t know the word for this smell.

Pick what kind of thing it is and a few qualities you notice. SmellBook shows the entries that share the most of them, and which ones matched.

Entries sharing dusty7
  1. Old BookDry paper, wood-like warmth and the dusty sweetness associated with aged books.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  2. Subway / MetroAn urban transit smell identity combining metal, dust, warm machinery, air movement and human activity.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  3. GarageAn industrial domestic or commercial space combining fuel, rubber, metal, dust and stored materials.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  4. CardboardA dry papery, woody and slightly dusty packaging smell associated with boxes and corrugated board.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  5. Vintage Clothing ShopA fabric-heavy retail smell combining stored textiles, leather, dust, wood and older materials.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  6. Old AtticA dry stored-space smell combining dust, cardboard, old textiles, wood and low-airflow interiors.Shares all your qualities: dusty
  7. Old BasementA cool stored-space smell combining concrete, dust, damp materials, old wood and low airflow.Shares all your qualities: dusty

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3 What do you notice? Choose any

How does it feel?

Sweet, sharp or savoury?

Does it remind you of nature?

Cooked, burnt or fermented?

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HOW THIS WORKS

Entries are listed by how many of your chosen qualities they share, most first; entries that share the same number keep their Atlas order. An entry has a quality when the word is in its description or the entry is listed under the SmellBook word of that name. Only entries sharing at least one quality are shown. There is no hidden scoring, ranking weight or personal data.

The qualities are everyday smell words. Those with their own page explain what SmellBook means by them: warm, cool, dry, soft, sweet, creamy, fruity, tropical and more smell words.