SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0184
Wet Cardboard
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Character EDITORIAL
Wet cardboard smells damp, earthy and muted, with a soft, papery heaviness that is duller than dry card.
Words: damp, paper, earthy, muted. Families: Wood, earth and stone, Animal, material and lived-in.
States: wet (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: Garage.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Odorants of cardboard (CLM-CARDBOARD-001). Michael Czerny & Andrea Buettner, Odor-Active Compounds in Cardboard, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009.
Molecules named in these claims: (E)-2-nonenal, guaiacol, vanillin, γ-nonalactone, δ-decalactone. 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). Wet Cardboard (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:wet-cardboard. https://smellbook.com/smells/wet-cardboard
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