Descriptors are tools
Words such as green, dry, mineral and warm help people compare perception, but they are not precise instruments.
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Smell & Language
Smell is difficult to describe consistently, so useful language needs both everyday words and structured context.
Sources and descriptors differ
Cedar names a source reference; woody describes a perceived direction. SmellBook keeps those ideas separate.
Vocabulary should grow carefully
The public system should favor understandable words and avoid copying proprietary commercial taxonomies.
SmellBook’s descriptor vocabulary is an original communication system, not a claim of universal linguistic correctness.