SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0080
Fireplace
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
A fireplace smells warm, smoky and woody, combining burning logs, soft ash and heated stone or metal.
Words: smoky, warm, woody. Families: Temperature and texture, Wood, earth and stone, Cooked and fermented.
States: burned (VERIFIED). A state says how an entry is met, such as wet, aged or roasted. It does not create a new smell, and it adds no scientific fact by itself: states marked EDITORIAL come from the entry's own records, and only those marked VERIFIED are reported by a VERIFIED claim.
Met in: Street.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Phenols in fireplace smoke depend on the wood (CLM-FIREPLACE-001). James J. Schauer, Michael J. Kleeman, Glen R. Cass & Bernd R. T. Simoneit, Measurement of Emissions from Air Pollution Sources. 3. C 1–C 29 Organic Compounds from Fireplace Combustion of Wood, Environmental Science & Technology, 2001.
Molecules named in these claims: guaiacol, syringol. 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). Fireplace (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:fireplace. https://smellbook.com/smells/fireplace
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