https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15940
In principle, the lowest concentration of an odorant in the air that can be detected by a human being.
Note: In practice, a panel of "sniffers" is often used, and the threshold taken as the concentration at which $\pu{50\%}$ of the panel can detect the odorant (although some workers have also used $\pu{100\%}$ thresholds). The odor concentration at the detection threshold may be defined as one odor unit.