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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 waxy3
  1. HoneyA sweet floral-food smell ranging from light and delicate to dark, waxy and herbal.Shares all your qualities: waxy
  2. Candle WaxA soft waxy smell associated with unscented candles, warm wax and quiet interiors.Shares all your qualities: waxy
  3. Old ChurchA historic interior smell combining old wood, stone, wax, textiles, dust and sometimes incense.Shares all your qualities: waxy

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3 What do you notice? Choose any

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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.