SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0068
Toothpaste
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Character EDITORIAL
Toothpaste smells cool, clean and minty, with a sharp, tingling freshness that reaches the back of the nose.
Words: minty, clean, cool, fresh. Families: Temperature and texture, Fresh and clean.
Met in: Bathroom.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Menthol in toothpaste (CLM-MENTHOL-001). Guy P.P. Kamatou, Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro M. Viljoen & Brian M. Lawrence, Menthol: A simple monoterpene with remarkable biological properties, Phytochemistry, 2013.
Molecules named in these claims: menthol. 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). Toothpaste (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:toothpaste. https://smellbook.com/smells/toothpaste
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