SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0022
Leather
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Character EDITORIAL
Leather smells dry, warm and dark, with a slightly smoky, woody or animal-like depth depending on its finish.
Words: dry, warm, dark. Families: Temperature and texture.
Met in: Car.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- What may cause the off-odour of lower-grade sofa leather (CLM-LEATHER-001). Chuanhui Mu, Yuling Tang, Zhaohui Yang, Jianfei Zhou & Bi Shi, Emission characteristics and probabilistic health risk of volatile organic compounds from leather sofa, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2025.
Molecules named in these claims: hexanal. 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). Leather (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:leather. https://smellbook.com/smells/leather
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