{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "vanilla",
 "type": "OdorDescriptor",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 5,
 "confidence": "B",
 "sources": [
  "ISO-2",
  "OT-1"
 ],
 "term": {
  "value": "vanilla",
  "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 cured vanilla pods: sweet, creamy and warm.",
  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary"
 },
 "family": {
  "value": "balsamic",
  "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": [
  "vanilla-like"
 ],
 "related": [
  "sweet",
  "hay"
 ],
 "carriers": [
  {
   "molecule": "vanillin",
   "as_used": "vanilla-like",
   "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"
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/science#fragrance-mind"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Vanilla: the smell of cured vanilla pods: sweet, creamy and warm.",
  "body": [
   "On record here, the word is carried by vanillin. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading."
  ]
 }
}