scent
A scent is a smell. Every house has a particular scent that is recognizable to people as belonging to that house.
Scent comes from the Latin sentire meaning “to feel, perceive, sense.” The word was originally used in reference to hunting dogs, who track down animals by their scent. If you “pick up a scent,” then you have a clue about something. If you wear a perfume, then you leave your scent in the air as you pass. Use scent instead of smell if you want to talk about a distinctively nice odor, like the scent of fresh-cut grass.
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any property detected by the olfactory system
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aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, smell-
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bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
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fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
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muskiness
having the olfactory properties of musk
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rancidness
the property of being rancid
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B.O., body odor, body odour
malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
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property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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a distinctive odor that is pleasant
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incense
the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
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petrichor
a pleasant, earthly smell associated with rain, especially after a period of dry, warm weather
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odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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incense
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an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
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musk
the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
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odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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musk
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catch the scent of; get wind of
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cause to smell or be smelly
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deodorise, deodorize, deodourise
eliminate the odor from
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smell up, stink out, stink up
cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
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aromatise, aromatize, perfume
fill or impregnate with an odor
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cense, incense, thurify
perfume especially with a censer
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cause to be perceived
have perceptible qualities
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deodorise, deodorize, deodourise
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apply perfume to