Smell words differ primarily in terms of pleasantness and edibility

Most languages lack a specialized vocabulary to describe smell experiences. People instead use words from other domains, such as 'heavy', 'good' or 'fruity', when talking about smells. But which words are really used and how do they relate to each other? This has been answered for English by researchers by using a fully automatic method that is based on texts from the Internet.

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