MOLECULE
Named in 6 VERIFIED claims about 6 Atlas entries: Jasmine, Lavender, Cinnamon, Black Tea, Gardenia, Church Incense.
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 most abundant compounds of lavender essential oil”
A review reports linalool and linalyl acetate as the most abundant compounds of lavender essential oil, whose composition depends on genotype, environment and flower development.
Scope: Lavender essential oils in general; abundance, not odour contribution, and composition varies with species, genotype, harvest stage and environment. CLM-LAVENDER-001 ↗
Linked to the odour · the claim says “aroma-active compounds that also included”
In a water extract of cinnamon bark assessed by odour activity values, cinnamaldehyde made the largest contribution to the aroma, among aroma-active compounds that also included hexanal, nonanal, limonene, 1-octen-3-ol, linalool and anethole.
Scope: Laboratory extracts of one bark sample; the extraction medium and time changed the profile. CLM-CINNAMON-001 ↗
Key odorant · the claim says “key odour-active compounds”
Aroma recombination and omission tests confirmed (E)-β-damascenone, β-ionone, dihydro-β-ionone, linalool and geraniol as key odour-active compounds of a sun-dried black tea.
Scope: One sun-dried black tea; black tea aroma varies with cultivar, origin and processing. CLM-BLACKTEA-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 ↗
Key odorant · the claim says “key odorants included”
Aroma extract dilution analysis of frankincense (Boswellia sacra) resin from Somalia and Oman detected 23 odorants; key odorants included α-pinene, β-myrcene, linalool, p-cresol and two unidentified sesquiterpenoids.
Scope: Unburnt resin of one Boswellia species; the smoke of burning incense and other incense blends were not studied. CLM-FRANKINCENSE-001 ↗
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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:linalool · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). linalool (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:linalool. https://smellbook.com/molecules/linalool
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.