{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "lily",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "ISO-2",
  "ENE-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "lily",
  "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 lily flowers; a fresh, sweet, watery floral.",
  "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": [
  "lily like"
 ],
 "related": [
  "muguet"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "p-bmhca",
   "as_used": "lily like",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "ENE-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/ENE-1-fan-2024-ene-reductases.md:15",
   "quote": "3-(4-(tert-Butyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanal, trade name Lilial or Lysmeral, is an aroma chemical with a sweet lily like odor.",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Lily: the smell of lily flowers; a fresh, sweet, watery floral.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA, Lilial). Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}