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Gasoline

Permanent ID: smellbook:smell:gasoline · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4

Character EDITORIAL

Petrol smells sharp, thin and sweetish, with a solvent-like edge and an industrial, oily depth.

Words: sharp, volatile, industrial, sweet-solvent. Families: Animal, material and lived-in.

Met in: Garage.

Evidence

Scientific evidence

  • Aromatic hydrocarbons in gasoline vapour (CLM-GASOLINE-001). Sruthi Jayaraj & S. M. Shiva Nagendra, Environmental impact of VOC emissions from motor vehicle gasoline and vapours: composition analysis and implications, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 2025.

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SmellBook. (2026). Gasoline (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:gasoline. https://smellbook.com/smells/gasoline

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