Synthetics
Saffranal smells like a complex blend of saffron, medicinal, woody, spicy-herbal, and camphor notes with hints of green, floral, and tobacco.
Mosciano, Gerard P&F 19, No. 6, 53, (1994): Woody, spicy, phenolic, camphoreous, medicinal and powdery with an herbal undernote
Luebke, William tgsc, (2009): Fresh herbal phenolic metallic rosemary tobacco spicy
Moellhausen: Ongly herbal-spicy, somewhat floral; reminiscent of crocus flower; typical of saffron