SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0032
Mint
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-14, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
Mint smells cool, green and herbal, with a fresh, slightly sweet lift that clears the nose.
Words: herbal, green, cool, fresh. Families: Temperature and texture, Fresh and clean.
Met in: Garden, Kitchen.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Menthol and menthone in peppermint oil (CLM-MINT-001). Ippolito Camele, Daniela Gruľová & Hazem S. Elshafie, Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Properties of Mentha × piperita cv. ‘Kristinka’ Essential Oil, Plants, 2021.
- How five mint species differ in aroma (CLM-MINT-002). Jiguang Zhang et al., Comparative investigation on aroma profiles of five different mint (Mentha) species using a combined sensory, spectroscopic and chemometric study, Food Chemistry, 2022.
Molecules named in these claims: limonene, menthol, menthone, menthyl acetate, β-caryophyllene. 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). Mint (revision 4, 2026-10-14). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:mint. https://smellbook.com/smells/mint
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