Aroma Wheel for Fragrances

[freefallman]

So I've noticed that between the shaving soaps, the creams, and fragrances alot of people on this site are trying to describe how things smell. The other night my fiance and I were looking something up in a wine encyclopedia and I noticed this:

This was developed by an academic in an attempt to bring some standardization to wine descriptions. Overall it seems to be relatively complete and has a lot of descriptors I would never have thought to apply to wine (Anyone want their wine to smell like rubber?) and I thought it might be useful for describing the scents of cosmetic products. Just a thought.

 

[Rubrum]

Hmmm, very nice idea!

But incomplete I fear. smells like Wood, smoky, leather or musk are not usually associated with wine.

Perhaps B&B could start it's own aroma chart?

 

[bro-ham]

Here is a wheel i found.

 

[Alraz]

Wheel or no wheel, describing scents and identifying its components is extremely difficult. Most of the chemistry is not completely understood.

Alraz.

 

[SiBurning]

That chart's about as complete as good taste will allow. There's sections for wood, smoke, and animal smells such as horsey, mousey, wet dog, skunk, and worst of all--cabbage!