EVERYDAY SETTING · STREETS, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
Park
Spanish (pilot): Parque · pending native-speaker review
9 SmellBook entries are linked to park as smells found there.
Kind of place: Streets, parks and public spaces
What does a park smell like? EDITORIAL
- Cut Grass: Cut grass smells intensely green, moist and fresh, with a sharp, sappy edge and a slight sweetness underneath. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Garden After Rain: A garden after rain smells wet, green and earthy, with fresh leaves, damp soil and flowers that seem brighter than before. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Autumn Leaves: Autumn leaves smell leafy and earthy, moving between a dry, papery crackle and a damp, mellow sweetness. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Dry Leaves: Dry leaves smell papery, dusty and lightly earthy, with a faint sweetness like weak tea or hay.
- Rainy Park: A park after rain smells wet, green and earthy, with the deep, soft smell of damp soil and the fresh sharpness of wet grass and leaves.
- Summer Garden: A summer garden smells warm and green, with sweet floral notes from roses or honeysuckle drifting over the leafy smell of sunlit plants. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus smells sharp, cool and green, with a penetrating, clean aromatic edge and a broad, airy feel in the nose. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Sunscreen: Sunscreen smells warm, creamy and slightly sweet, with a soft cosmetic and sometimes coconut or floral note. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
- Lilac: Lilac is soft, sweet and floral, with a powdery note and a fresh green lift from leaves and stems. VERIFIED evidence on the entry.
SMELL WORDS USED
green (6) · earthy (4) · fresh (3) · leafy (3) · dry (2) · floral (2) · sweet (2) · warm (2)
EVIDENCE
7 of 9 cite a VERIFIED source: Cut Grass, Garden After Rain, Eucalyptus, Sunscreen, Lilac, Autumn Leaves, Summer Garden
Smell words are the entries' own descriptors, counted. Evidence lists the entries that cite a VERIFIED source; the place or material link itself is editorial.
A guide to park smells EDITORIAL
An everyday setting is a kind of place, such as a kitchen or a market, not one location: it has no address or coordinates. Its smells are linked by SmellBook editors, mostly from the entries' own records; the list below says how each link was made. These links are editorial; only the claims on each entry are VERIFIED.
9 entries are linked here. 7 of them have VERIFIED scientific claims of their own: Cut Grass, Garden After Rain, Autumn Leaves, Summer Garden, Eucalyptus, Sunscreen and Lilac.
When you meet them
Smellscape journeys through this setting
How these 9 links were made
- Cut Grass: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “park”. Recorded on .
- Garden After Rain: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “park after rain”. Recorded on .
- Autumn Leaves: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “park”. Recorded on .
- Dry Leaves: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “dry park path”. Recorded on .
- Rainy Park: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “park after rain”. Recorded on .
- Summer Garden: The entry lists this setting among the places it is met. Words in the entry: “park planting”. Recorded on .
- Eucalyptus: The entry's description names this setting. Words in the entry: “People meet it in gardens and parks where the trees grow, in dried leaves used in bouquets and wreaths, and in home fragrance, steam rooms and bath products.”. Recorded on .
- Sunscreen: The entry's description names this setting. Words in the entry: “People meet it at beaches and pools, in parks on sunny days, and when packing for holidays.”. Recorded on .
- Lilac: The entry's description names this setting. Words in the entry: “It is met in spring gardens and parks where lilac shrubs bloom, along hedgerows and fences, and in vases of cut flowers indoors.”. Recorded on .
Park was added as an everyday setting on , from the settings the entries themselves record: dry park path, park, park after rain, park planting. Independently reviewed by a second editor before release.
green · fresh · leafy · moist
Open entry ↗Place / StateGarden After Rainwet · green · earthy · fresh
Open entry ↗Seasonal / EnvironmentAutumn Leavesleafy · earthy · dry · damp
Open entry ↗Material / StateDry Leavesdry · leafy · papery · earthy
Open entry ↗Place / StateRainy Parkwet · green · earthy · fresh
Open entry ↗Place / Seasonal EnvironmentSummer Gardengreen · floral · warm
Open entry ↗Source / Cultural ReferenceEucalyptusaromatic · green · sharp · cool
Open entry ↗Product / Cultural ExperienceSunscreencreamy · cosmetic · warm · sweet
Open entry ↗Source / Floral ReferenceLilacfloral · soft · sweet · green
Open entry ↗- Leaf litter (Dry Leaves)
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The smell map filtered to this place.
Graph record
This entity and its typed relationships with provenance.
Places and materials are linked to smells by SmellBook editors. The links are editorial evidence: they say where a smell entry belongs, not that a place or material always smells this way.
Permanent identifier smellbook:place:park · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Park (place). SmellBook knowledge graph, unreleased changes since the dataset release of 2026-10-07. smellbook:place:park. https://smellbook.com/places/park
Dataset history Not yet in a dataset release; it will appear in the next one.