MOLECULE
Named in 2 VERIFIED claims about 2 Atlas entries: Jasmine, Gardenia.
Major component · the claim says “the most abundant compounds”
In volatiles emitted by living Jasminum sambac flowers, α-farnesene, linalool and benzyl acetate were the most abundant compounds, and blocking α-farnesene production also diminished the flowers' sweet scent.
Scope: One J. sambac cultivar across flowering stages; it reports abundance, not odour potency, and other jasmine species differ. CLM-JASMINE-001 ↗
Major component · the claim says “the major volatile compounds of the floral aroma”
GC-MS analysis of flower extracts from gardenia genotypes reported α-farnesene, benzyl tiglate, cis-3-hexenyl tiglate, jasmine lactone and linalool as the major volatile compounds of the floral aroma.
Scope: Flower extracts of Gardenia jasminoides genotypes and cultivars; based on GC-MS composition, not olfactometry. CLM-GARDENIA-001 ↗
CXENHBSYCFFKJS-VDQVFBMKSA-NChecked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.
SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.
Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:alpha-farnesene · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). α-farnesene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:alpha-farnesene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/alpha-farnesene
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.