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The Zwaardemaker smell system was a method for classifying smells developed by the Dutch physiologist Hendrick Zwaardemaker which he published in 1895.

He identified nine primary odors:

• Ethereal (like ether, beeswax)
• Aromatic eg camphor or spice
• Fragrant eg the smell of flowers
• Ambrosiac eg amber or musk)
• Alliaceous eg garlic or onion
• Empyreumatic eg roasted coffee of tobacco smoke
• Hiccine eg Sour milk or rancid food
• Foul eg
• Nauseous eg faeces or rotten eggs

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• Henning odor system
• Stereochemical smell theory
• Crocker-Henderson smell classification

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