Honey

On record here, the word is carried by 2-phenylethyl alcohol (phenylethyl alcohol, PEA), rose absolute, rose otto. 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

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Term

honey

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 warm, waxy sweetness of honey; also "honeyed".

house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Also written

honey-like, honeyed

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

• 2-phenylethyl alcohol (phenylethyl alcohol, PEA) (as used: “honey-like”)
  documented

  2-phenylethanol | CAS 60-12-8 | Odor quality: floral, honey-like

  OT-1 · Kreissl et al. (2022). Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2 · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

• rose absolute (as used: “honeyed”)
  house interpretation

  the house’s own reading, labelled as such

  the house’s own wording on the /materials rose card; a descriptor vocabulary with a convention source is later work

  where the site says it: /materials, “The Precious Materials”

  confidence C

• rose otto (rose oil; Bulgarsko rozovo maslo, PGI) (as used: “honeyed”)
  house interpretation

  the house’s own reading, labelled as such

  the house’s own wording on the /materials rose card; a descriptor vocabulary with a convention source is later work

  where the site says it: /materials, “The Precious Materials”

  confidence C

Related terms

• sweet
• rose

In teaching accords

• A muguet (lily of the valley), and what regulation took from it
• 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 (quoted, not reproduced)

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this record as data: /data/descriptor/honey.json · version 2 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence B