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Also known as Pine Woods
A forest environment combining resinous needles, wood, soil, cool air and seasonal moisture.
A pine forest smells green, resinous and woody, with cool air, damp soil and the dry sweetness of fallen needles. EDITORIAL
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QUESTIONS ABOUT PINE FOREST
A pine forest smells green, resinous and woody, with cool air, damp soil and the dry sweetness of fallen needles. In sunshine the resin can seem brighter and sunnier; after rain the smell often feels earthier and fresher. The impression is broad and spacious rather than focused. It is close to crushed pine needles, though wider, cooler and more layered.
People meet it on mountain trails, in forest walks and campsites, and in cool woodland on summer mornings. Many people link it with holidays, outdoor sport and time away from cities.
Typical settings: mountain forest, forest trail, cool woodland.
SmellBook links it to 2 place pages: see them in Connections.
One VERIFIED scientific claim from one published source is recorded for this entry: Monoterpenes from pines through the seasons. This claim says only what its source supports, in the scope shown with it.
The scientific study behind this evidence is chemistry or emission work, not a study of how the smell is perceived.
Pine Forest is an environment profile whose identity is broader than any single tree or needle source.
SmellBook records one written comparison with other smells: see it in Connections.
Words that are easy to mix up: What is the difference between earthy and mineral?, When does woody become smoky?, How do green and herbal differ? and When is woody also resinous?
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Scientific evidence · 1 claim
Monoterpenes from pines through the seasons
Over a full growing cycle, monoterpenes made up more than 95% of the volatile emissions from the branches of conifers including ponderosa and bristlecone pine; monoterpene emissions depended on temperature in the short term, and basal emission rates were generally higher in spring and summer than in winter.
Branch-enclosure measurements on four named conifer species (and two deciduous species not covered here); it describes emissions, not forest air as people smell it.
How this was found: Emissions or air measured. What a material, product or place releases into the air was measured, usually without assessing odour. Source: primary study; material-emission work.
Detlev Helmig, Ryan Woodfin Daly, Jana Milford & Alex Guenther
DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.04.058Links chosen by SmellBook editors, not a ranking.
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SmellBook SB-0026 — Pine Forestsmellbook:smell:pine-foresthttps://smellbook.com/smells/pine-forestSmellBook. (2026). Pine Forest (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:pine-forest. https://smellbook.com/smells/pine-forest@misc{smellbook_pine_forest_r3,
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Pine Forest is an environment profile whose identity is broader than any single tree or needle source.
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Editorial description expanded to answer what it smells like and where you meet it; independently reviewed.
Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-10-06Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.
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