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Cork

Permanent ID: smellbook:smell:cork · updated 2026-10-14, revision 5

Character EDITORIAL

Cork has a dry, light woody smell with an earthy, slightly dusty undertone.

Words: dry, woody, earthy. Families: Temperature and texture, Wood, earth and stone.

Met in: Hardware store.

Evidence

Scientific evidence

  • Aroma compounds in cork stoppers (CLM-CORK-001). Ana Maria Mislata, Miquel Puxeu & Raul Ferrer-Gallego, Aromatic Potential and Bioactivity of Cork Stoppers and Cork By-Products, Foods, 2020.
  • How natural cork stoppers were described (CLM-CORK-002). L. Culleré et al., Comparative study of the aromatic profile of different kinds of wine cork stoppers, Food Chemistry, 2009.

Cite

SmellBook. (2026). Cork (revision 5, 2026-10-14). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:cork. https://smellbook.com/smells/cork

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