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Medicinal

Medicinal: the smell of remedies and antiseptics, as of thymol.

On record here, the word is carried by linalool, thymol, from thyme. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading.

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Term
medicinal
perfumery convention

the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source

the trade’s shared vocabulary; the word as the records and sources use it

confidence B

Family
a quality, not a family
house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

a quality word used across families, so no family is given

confidence C

Definition
The smell of remedies and antiseptics, as of thymol.
house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Also written
more medicinal, sweet-medicinal
as used

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the words the carriers below use for this term; each carrier names its own source

confidence B

Carried by
  • linalool (as used: “more medicinal”)
    house interpretation

    the house’s own reading, labelled as such

    the house essay’s words, set against linalyl acetate; no descriptor source is filed

    where the site says it: /materials, “Aquilaria malaccensis”

    confidence C

  • thymol, from thyme (the review; no Molecule record) (as used: “sweet-medicinal”)
    documented

    One of the main ingredients of thyme is thymol (41) which has a sweet-medicinal and warm odor

    KLE-1 · Kleoff M, Kiler P, Heretsch P · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

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Sources

  1. KLE-1 · Kleoff M, Kiler P, Heretsch P. Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2022;18:754–768. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.76 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0

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this record as data: /data/descriptor/medicinal.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence B