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Stable

Permanent ID: smellbook:smell:stable · updated 2026-10-06, revision 3

Character EDITORIAL

A stable smells warm, earthy and animalic, with hay and straw forming a sweet, grassy base.

Words: hay, animalic, woody, earthy. Families: Wood, earth and stone, Animal, material and lived-in.

Met in: Stable, Barn.

Evidence

Historical evidence

  • Stable and barnyard in an 1880 Hanoverian village (CLM-STABLE-001). Walter Nordhoff, Hanoverian Village Life, Popular Science Monthly, 1880.

Cite

SmellBook. (2026). Stable (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:stable. https://smellbook.com/smells/stable

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