SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0102
Oak Wood
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
Oak wood smells dry and warm, with a firm, slightly tannic edge that sits at the back of the nose.
Words: woody, dry, warm. Families: Temperature and texture, Wood, earth and stone.
States: toasted (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: Woodshop.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Aroma of toasted oak wood (CLM-OAK-001). Marie Courregelongue & Alexandre Pons, The aroma of toasted oak wood (Quercus petraea): from sensory analysis to molecular characterisation, OENO One, 2024.
Molecules named in these claims: thymoquinone, verbenone. 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). Oak Wood (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:oak-wood. https://smellbook.com/smells/oak-wood
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