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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 rubbery7
  1. RubberA dense manufactured material smell associated with tyres, elastic goods and warm industrial surfaces.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  2. GarageAn industrial domestic or commercial space combining fuel, rubber, metal, dust and stored materials.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  3. New ShoesA manufactured footwear smell combining rubber, leather or synthetic materials, adhesives and packaging.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  4. Tennis BallA distinctive new-sporting-goods smell combining rubber, felt and freshly opened packaging.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  5. Sports HallA large indoor activity space combining rubber flooring, wood, fabric, cleaned surfaces and human activity.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  6. Bus InteriorA public transit interior combining fabric or plastic seats, rubber, conditioned air and urban activity.Shares all your qualities: rubbery
  7. Parking GarageA covered urban vehicle environment combining concrete, rubber, fuel traces, dust and moving air.Shares all your qualities: rubbery

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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.