Plastic

A broad manufactured-material smell direction that can range from nearly neutral to distinctly synthetic.

syntheticmaterialcleanmanufactured

ATLAS POSITION044 / 200

MILESTONEIconic 100

PRIMARY CATEGORYObjects & Materials

PUBLIC TYPEProduct / Material

PROFILE STATUScomplete

COLORClear white TEXTURESmooth polymer SOUNDPackaging flex TEMPERATUREMild

CULTURAL3associations / context

EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure

VERIFIED0published source-backed claims

Source registry ↗

01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL

Color: Clear white
Texture: Smooth polymer
Temperature: Mild
Sound: Packaging flex

02FEELS LIKECULTURAL

newnessmanufacturedneutrality

Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.

03CONTEXTCULTURAL

new packaginghousehold objectcar interior

04NEARBYEXPERIMENTAL

Early editorial relationships, not a live graph ranking.

05SCIENCE & SOURCESEXPERIMENTAL

No VERIFIED scientific claim is attached to this early profile yet.

SmellBook will add citations claim-by-claim when reliable sources are available. Cultural associations and prototype relationships remain labeled separately.

Read the public methodology ↗Open source registry ↗

WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS

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These links are editorial navigation across the public atlas—not live graph scores.

Collections

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PROFILE NOTE

Plastic is intentionally broad because different polymers and additives can smell very different.

EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 1

Initial public canonical profile.

Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22

EVIDENCE MATTERS

A profile can contain different kinds of knowledge.

SmellBook separates cultural association, community perception, verified evidence, prediction and experimental relationships rather than presenting them as the same thing. Read the evidence guide ↗ See evidence coverage ↗