{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "peppery",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "GC-14"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "peppery",
  "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 sharp, dry prickle of peppercorns.",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary"
 },
 "family": {
  "value": "spicy",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s grouping; the review’s classification has no such family"
 },
 "synonyms": [],
 "related": [
  "spicy"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "agarospirol",
   "as_used": "peppery",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "GC-14",
   "where": "docs/sources/GC-14-wen-2026-agarospirol.md:16",
   "quote": "Among these, agarospirol [17] is recognized as a characteristic aroma component [3,18], imparting a unique spicy, peppery, and woody note [19].",
   "confidence": "B"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Peppery: the sharp, dry prickle of peppercorns.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by agarospirol. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}