Scent dictionary · Scent families
Animalic
Người và vật nuôi
Smells from living bodies — skin, hair, breath, animal fur. This is the group with the fewest words to describe it, and also the one that triggers the strongest reactions: people are drawn to it or avoid it before they can describe it. Most of it comes from bacteria on the skin rather than from the body itself.
5 entries · 1 linked compounds
lighter than essential oils
Dimethyl sulfide · 37 °C
< 150 °CTop
Middle
290 °CBase
1 linked compounds, from 1 of the family’s 5 entries. This is what we have been able to trace so far, not the whole chemistry of the family — entries whose chemistry is still blank will fill in the picture over time. Left of the dashed line are compounds lighter than any essential-oil component — they are gone before the main axis begins.
Every entry
- Baby skin · Da em béSmell the top of the head of a baby under three months old
- Dried sweat · Mồ hôi khôSmell the collar of a shirt worn all day, a few hours after taking it off
- Freshly washed hair · Tóc mới gộiSmell your own hair or a family member’s right after washing and drying
- Morning breath · Hơi thở buổi sángBreathe into a cupped palm the moment you wake up
- Wet dog · Lông chó ướtSmell a dog that has just been bathed or caught in the rain