{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "floral",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "ISO-2",
  "KLE-1",
  "OT-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "floral",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "the trade’s shared vocabulary; the word as the records and sources use it"
 },
 "definition": {
  "value": "The smell of flowers in general; the heart of many perfumes.",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary"
 },
 "family": {
  "value": "floral",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": "ISO-2",
  "where": "docs/sources/ISO-2-stepanyuk-kirschning-2019.md:61",
  "quote": "Classification of 1. top notes: a) citrus, b) aldehydic, c) fruity, d) green and e) herbaceous/herbal, 2. heart notes: a) floral light, b) floral green, c) floral fresh, d), floral fruity, e) floral heavy and f) floral woody and 3. bottom notes: a) aromatic, b) balsamic, c) moss/leather/animalic, d) musk, e) amber and f) wood.",
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "the family name as the published classification the review gives (top, heart and bottom notes) spells it"
 },
 "synonyms": [
  "slightly floral"
 ],
 "related": [
  "rose",
  "jasmine",
  "violet",
  "muguet",
  "narcotic"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "iso-e-super",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "ISO-2",
   "where": "docs/sources/ISO-2-stepanyuk-kirschning-2019.md:13",
   "quote": "Iso E Super® (33) | 59056-94-9 | woody, floral, ambergris, violet, old-wood, lemony (500 ng L−1)",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": "the descriptors of Table 1 of the review for rac-33"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "methyl-dihydrojasmonate",
   "as_used": "slightly floral",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "KLE-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/KLE-1-kleoff-2022-odorants-in-flow.md:24",
   "quote": "hedione (methyl dihydrojasmonate), … has a fresh, citric and slightly floral scent – but is commonly categorized as a middle note",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "alpha-terpineol",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OT-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OT-1-leibniz-lsb-odorant-database.md:50",
   "quote": "α-terpineol | CAS 98-55-5, 7785-53-7, 10482-56-1 | Odor quality: floral, citrus-like",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "phenylethyl-alcohol",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OT-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OT-1-leibniz-lsb-odorant-database.md:30",
   "quote": "2-phenylethanol | CAS 60-12-8 | Odor quality: floral, honey-like",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "material": "jasmine-absolute",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:9195",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house’s own words in the essay; no descriptor source is filed"
  },
  {
   "material": "rose-absolute",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:6897",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house’s own wording on the /materials rose card; a descriptor vocabulary with a convention source is later work (A_MASTER_PRODUCT_SPEC §3 Odor Descriptor)"
  },
  {
   "material": "rose-otto",
   "as_used": "floral",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:6897",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house’s own wording on the /materials rose card; a descriptor vocabulary with a convention source is later work (A_MASTER_PRODUCT_SPEC §3 Odor Descriptor)"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Floral: the smell of flowers in general; the heart of many perfumes.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by Iso E Super, methyl dihydrojasmonate (Hedione), α-terpineol, 2-phenylethyl alcohol (phenylethyl alcohol, PEA) and others. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}