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Substance Odor Substance Odor

Allyl chloride Garlic onion pungent n-Hexane Solvent

Amines Fishy, pungent Hydrogen sulfide Rotten eggs

Ammonia Sharp, pungent odor Indole Excreta

Aniline Pungent Iodoform Antiseptic

Benzene Solvent Methano Medicinal, sweet

Benzaldehyde Bitter almonds Methyl ethyl

ketone

Sweet

Benzyl acetate Floral (jasmine), fruity Methyl isobutyl

ketone

Sweet

Benzyl chloride Solvent Methyl

mercaptan

Skunk, sewer, rotten
cabbage

Bromine Bleach, pungent Methyl

methacrylate

Pungent, sulfide like

Sec-Butyl acetate Fruity Methyl sulfide Decayed vegetables

Butyric acid Sweat, body odor Naphthalene Moth balls

Camphor Medicinal Nitrobenzene Bitter almonds

Caprylic acid Animal like Phenol Sweet, tarry odor,

carbolic acid

Carbon disulfide Rotten vegetable Pinenes Resinous, woody, pine-

like

Chlorine Irritating, bleach, pungent Propyl mercaptan Skunk

Chlorobenzene Moth balls Putrescine Decaying flesh

2-Chloroethanol Faint, ethereal Pyridine Nauseating, burnt

Chloroform Sweet Skatole Excreta, fecal odor

Chlorophenol Medicinal Styrene Penetrating, rubbery,

plastic

p-Cresol Tar-like, pungent Sulfur dioxide Pungent, irritating odor

Cyclohexane Sweetish when pure,

pungent when contaminated

Thiocresol Rancid, skunk-like odor

Cyclohexanol Camphor, methanol Toluene Floral, pungent, moth

balls

Cyclohexanone Acetone-like Trichloroethylene Solvent

Diamines Rotten flesh Triethylamine Fishy, pungent

1,1-Dichloroethane Ether-like Valeric acid Sweat, body odor, cheese

1,2-
Dichloroethylene

Chloroform-like Vinyl chloride Faintly sweet

Diethyl ether Pungent Xylene Aromatic, sweet

Dimethylacetamide Amine, burnt, oily