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(E)-β-damascenone

Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Black Tea.

Where the evidence names it

Black Tea

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 ↗

Identifiers

PubChem
CID 5366074 (beta-Damascenone)
Formula
C13H18O
InChIKey
POIARNZEYGURDG-FNORWQNLSA-N
Wikidata
Q416126
ChEBI
CHEBI:67251

Checked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.

WHAT THIS MEANS

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:beta-damascenone · Graph record (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). (E)-β-damascenone (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:beta-damascenone. https://smellbook.com/molecules/beta-damascenone

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.