Scent dictionary · Scent families
Green
Cỏ lá
The smell of fresh leaves that have just been damaged. A plant does not give this off when it is left alone; it appears only when leaves are crushed, bruised or cut. Green, slightly bitter, and always with something wet underneath.
17 entries · 16 linked compounds
heavier
cis-3-Hexenol · 156 °C
Furfural · 162 °C
β-Phellandrene · 172 °C
α-Phellandrene · 175 °C
Limonene · 176 °C
Fenchone · 193 °C
Linalool · 198 °C
Citronellal · 207 °C
Decanal · 208 °C
Carvone · 231 °C
Perillaldehyde · 237 °C
Dodecanal · 238 °C
Eugenol · 254 °C
β-Caryophyllene · 264 °C
β-Selinene · 270 °C
Coumarin · 301 °C
150 °CTop
Middle
> 290 °CBase
16 linked compounds, from 14 of the family’s 17 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. Right of it are compounds heavier than the essential-oil range — they remain after the main axis has run out.
Every entry
- Celery leaf · Cần tâyCrush a celery leaf and smell it at once
- Coriander leaf · Rau mùiCrush a sprig of fresh coriander, leaves and stalk together
- Crushed kaffir lime leaf · Lá chanh vòCrush a kaffir lime leaf in the palm of your hand
- Culantro · Ngò gaiCrush a serrated culantro leaf and smell it at once
- Cut grass · Cỏ vừa cắtA lawn that has just been mown, smelled within the first five minutes
- Dill · Thì làCrush a sprig of fresh dill and smell the feathery leaves
- Dry green tea leaf · Chè khôOpen a packet of plain green tea and smell the dry leaves before brewing
- Dry rice straw · Rơm khôGrab a handful of dry straw, crush it hard and smell
- Garden mint · Húng lủiCrush a fresh leaf of húng lủi garden mint and smell it at once
- Guava leaf · Lá ổiCrush a young guava leaf thoroughly in the palm of your hand
- Hay · Cỏ khôA handful of fully dried straw or grass, crushed and then smelled
- Holy basil · Hương nhuCrushed leaves of purple holy basil
- Lolot leaf · Lá lốtCrush a fresh lolot leaf in the palm of your hand
- Perilla leaf · Tía tôLightly crushed fresh perilla leaves
- Pomelo leaf · Lá bưởiCrush a fresh pomelo leaf and smell your palm
- Vietnamese balm · Kinh giớiCrush a sprig of fresh kinh giới from a plate of fresh herbs
- Vietnamese coriander · Rau rămLightly crushed fresh leaves of Vietnamese coriander