Soapy

On record here, the word is carried by citronellol. 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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The record

Each field carries its evidence: open a chip for the source, the quoted words and the confidence. A field with nothing behind it says so and stays empty.

Term

soapy

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

Clean and waxy, the smell of soap.

house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Carried by

• citronellol (as used: “soapy”)
  documented

  β-citronellol | CAS 106-22-9, 1117-61-9, 7540-51-4 | Odor quality: soapy, rose-like

  OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Related terms

• aldehydic

In teaching accords

• A rose, from four molecules

Sources

1. OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M. Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2. Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich: Freising, Germany, 2022. www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/databases/leibniz-lsbtum-o… · read 2026-09-30 · free of charge; scientific use encouraged with full acknowledgement; systematic download or reproduction needs written permission (its copyright page, read 2026-09-30): single values are cited with their references, the responses are not filed

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