SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0169
Bus Interior
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
A bus interior smells of fabric seats, rubber flooring and warm plastic, held in recirculated, slightly stale air.
Words: fabric, rubbery. Families: Animal, material and lived-in.
Met in: Bus.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Solvent compounds in bus and metro interiors (CLM-COMMUTE-001). Wai-Lun Lau & Lo-Yin Chan, Commuter exposure to aromatic VOCs in public transportation modes in Hong Kong, Science of The Total Environment, 2003.
Molecules named in these claims: ethylbenzene, toluene. A molecule listed here is named in a VERIFIED claim about this smell. It is not presented as the cause of the smell; each claim says what its source supports.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Bus Interior (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:bus-interior. https://smellbook.com/smells/bus-interior
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