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A dry nut smell with soft, sweet and lightly woody associations.
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Almond smells dry, soft and lightly sweet, with a gentle nutty note and a faint woody, skin-like edge. EDITORIAL
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QUESTIONS ABOUT ALMOND
Almond smells dry, soft and lightly sweet, with a gentle nutty note and a faint woody, skin-like edge. Raw almonds are quiet and mild, while roasted ones turn warmer, toastier and rounder. Many people mistake the sweet, marzipan-like scent of almond flavouring for the nut itself, though the whole nut smells plainer and more subtle.
It is met in bowls of nuts, at market stalls, in bakeries and in home baking such as cakes, biscuits and pastries. Toasting flaked almonds in a pan or oven brings the smell into the room within moments.
Typical settings: nuts, baking, market.
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One VERIFIED scientific claim from one published source is recorded for this entry: Aroma compounds of raw and roasted almonds. This claim says only what its source supports, in the scope shown with it.
2 molecules are named in this claim; see the evidence for the role the claim gives them. Each molecule this claim names has only the role the claim states; one molecule is not the whole smell.
Almond aroma differs across raw, roasted and flavored forms; this is a broad food-source profile.
Words that are easy to mix up: Why is creamy not just sweet?
No historical source or heritage record is linked to this entry yet.
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Scientific evidence · 1 claim
Aroma compounds of raw and roasted almonds
Aroma extract dilution analysis found 1-octen-3-one and acetic acid important in raw almonds, while methional, 2-methylbutanal, 3-methylbutanal, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline and 2,3-pentanedione predominated in dry-roasted almonds, formed through the Maillard reaction and lipid and sugar degradation.
Raw almonds in one study; its dry-roasted findings are recorded as a separate claim for Toasted Almonds.
How this was found: Odour analysis with human assessors. People smelled the separated compounds or the material itself (for example gas chromatography–olfactometry, dilution analysis, recombination or a sensory panel). Source: primary study; sensory or perception work.
Edibe S. Erten & Keith R. Cadwallader
DOI 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.08.091Each molecule is named by the claim shown after it. Each molecule named here has only the role the claim states; one molecule is not the whole smell. About molecules in SmellBook
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Almond aroma differs across raw, roasted and flavored forms; this is a broad food-source profile.
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Editorial description expanded to answer what it smells like and where you meet it; independently reviewed.
Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-10-06Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.
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