SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0072
Garage
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Character EDITORIAL
A garage smells industrial and dusty, with rubber from tyres, a metallic edge from tools and an oily, fuel-like heaviness.
Words: industrial, rubbery, metallic, dusty. Families: Wood, earth and stone, Animal, material and lived-in.
Met in: Garage.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Fuel vapours from attached garages (CLM-GARAGE-001). Stuart Batterman, Chunrong Jia & Gina Hatzivasilis, Migration of volatile organic compounds from attached garages to residences: A major exposure source, Environmental Research, 2007.
Molecules named in these claims: benzene. 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). Garage (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:garage. https://smellbook.com/smells/garage
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