01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL
- Color
- Clay red
- Texture
- Soft earth
- Temperature
- Cool
- Sound
- Hands shaping clay
SmellBook editorialCULTURALRevision 1
Clay
A cool earthy mineral smell associated with damp clay, pottery and worked natural material.
ATLAS POSITION104 / 200
MILESTONEAtlas 150
PRIMARY CATEGORYNature
PUBLIC TYPESource
PROFILE STATUScomplete
CULTURAL3associations / context
EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure
VERIFIED0published source-backed claims
Source registry ↗02FEELS LIKECULTURAL
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Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.
03CONTEXTCULTURAL
pottery studiowet clayearth
04NEARBYEXPERIMENTAL
Early editorial relationships, not a live graph ranking.
05SCIENCE & SOURCESEXPERIMENTAL
No VERIFIED scientific claim is attached to this early profile yet.
SmellBook will add citations claim-by-claim when reliable sources are available. Cultural associations and prototype relationships remain labeled separately.
WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS
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These links are editorial navigation across the public atlas—not live graph scores.
Clay is a material smell identity shaped strongly by moisture and local composition.
EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 1
Initial public canonical profile.
Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22EVIDENCE MATTERS
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SmellBook separates cultural association, community perception, verified evidence, prediction and experimental relationships rather than presenting them as the same thing. Read the evidence guide ↗ See evidence coverage ↗