{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "powdery",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "KLE-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "powdery",
  "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": "Soft, dry and cosmetic, like face powder; often of orris, musks and coumarin-like notes.",
  "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": [
  "sweet and powdery"
 ],
 "related": [
  "hay",
  "violet"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "name": "phthalide (the review; no Molecule record)",
   "as_used": "sweet and powdery",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "KLE-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/KLE-1-kleoff-2022-odorants-in-flow.md:42",
   "quote": "An odorant that is somewhat similar to coumarin is phthalide (50), having a sweet and powdery scent reminiscent of coconut and tonka bean",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Powdery: soft, dry and cosmetic, like face powder; often of orris, musks and coumarin-like notes.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by phthalide. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}