Scent dictionary · Scent families
Woody & Resinous
Nhựa gỗ
The smell of the parts of a tree that are no longer alive: sawn wood, oozing resin, drying roots. The molecules are heavy, so they hardly evaporate; this is the only family still fully present on fabric after a day.
13 entries · 13 linked compounds
heavier
α-Pinene · 155 °C
cis-3-Hexenol · 156 °C
Camphene · 159 °C
β-Pinene · 166 °C
δ-3-Carene · 170 °C
1-Octen-3-ol · 175 °C
Camphor · 204 °C
Guaiacol · 205 °C
Longifolene · 254 °C
Syringol · 261 °C
Geosmin · 270 °C
α-Vetivone · 300 °C
α-Santalol · 301 °C
150 °CTop
Middle
> 290 °CBase
13 linked compounds, from 9 of the family’s 13 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.
Woody & Resinous13 entries
Every entry
- Agarwood · Trầm hươngA piece of agarwood heated on charcoal, the cooled smoke smelled
- Burning incense · Nhang đang đốtLight an incense stick, stand a metre away and smell the smoke
- Camphor wood · Gỗ long nãoOpen an old camphor-wood chest and smell inside
- Canarium resin · Nhựa trámScrape a fresh drop of resin oozing from a Canarium trunk and smell it on the knife tip
- Freshly split bamboo · Tre nứa tươi chẻSplit a length of fresh bamboo and smell the freshly split face
- Jackfruit wood · Gỗ mítA freshly planed block of jackfruit wood, smelled at the planed face
- Lac resin · Cánh kiếnA piece of red lac bought from a traditional medicine shop, gently warmed
- Pine wood · Gỗ thôngFresh pine sawdust, just sawn
- Rosin · Tùng hươngA lump of clear yellow rosin, snapped in two and smelled at the break
- Rotting wood · Gỗ mụcA rotting log in the garden, broken open and smelled at the softened inside
- Sandalwood · Đàn hươngA piece of sandalwood, rubbed on sandpaper, the dust smelled
- Tonkin rosewood · Gỗ sưaA piece of Tonkin rosewood, sanded hard, the dust smelled
- Vetiver root · Hương bàiDried vetiver roots, snapped in two