{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "sweet",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "KLE-1",
  "ENE-1",
  "OT-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "sweet",
  "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 impression of sweetness a smell gives, as of sugar, vanilla or honey.",
  "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": [
  "slightly sweet"
 ],
 "related": [
  "vanilla",
  "honey"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "coumarin",
   "as_used": "sweet",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "KLE-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/KLE-1-kleoff-2022-odorants-in-flow.md:36",
   "quote": "Coumarin (46) has a sweet, slightly spicy, and hay-like scent",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "p-bmhca",
   "as_used": "sweet",
   "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"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "linalyl-acetate",
   "as_used": "slightly sweet",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:9320",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house essay’s words for the ester in fine lavender; no descriptor source is filed"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "vanillin",
   "as_used": "sweet",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OT-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OT-1-leibniz-lsb-odorant-database.md:40",
   "quote": "4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) | CAS 121-33-5 | Odor quality: vanilla-like, sweet",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "material": "sandalwood-oil",
   "as_used": "sweet",
   "evidence": "house interpretation",
   "source": null,
   "where": "radlerboutique.html:9385",
   "confidence": "C",
   "note": "the house essay’s words; no descriptor source is filed"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Sweet: the impression of sweetness a smell gives, as of sugar, vanilla or honey.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by Coumarin, butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA, Lilial), linalyl acetate, vanillin 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."
  ]
 }
}