{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "fresh",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "KLE-1",
  "PDO-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "fresh",
  "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": "A cool, clean, airy impression, the opposite of warm or heavy; used across families.",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary"
 },
 "family": {
  "value": "a quality, not a family",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "a quality word used across families, so no family is given"
 },
 "synonyms": [],
 "related": [
  "citrus",
  "bright"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "methyl-dihydrojasmonate",
   "as_used": "fresh",
   "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": "limonene",
   "as_used": "fresh",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:10129",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house card’s words (the /materials naturals limonene card); no descriptor source is filed"
  },
  {
   "material": "bergamot-essential-oil",
   "as_used": "fresh",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "PDO-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/PDO-1-masaf-bergamotto-reggio-calabria.md:40",
   "quote": "odore: caratteristico, gradevole, fresco, richiamante quello del pericarpo del Bergamotto;",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": "the specification’s odour line, in English; colour “da verde a giallo verdastro”, green to greenish yellow (docs/sources/PDO-1-masaf-bergamotto-reggio-calabria.md:43)"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Fresh: a cool, clean, airy impression, the opposite of warm or heavy; used across families.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by methyl dihydrojasmonate (Hedione), Limonene, bergamot essential oil. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}