The act of perceiving the odor of something.

synonym: smell.

Polish: wąchanie

used with `of' or `with' Noticeably odorous.

synonym: redolent.

Roget 398: odorous, odoriferous; smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong-scented; redolent, graveolent^†, nidorous^†, pungent; putrid, foul.    [Relating to the sense of smell] olfactory, quick-scented.    ... show more

Roget 401: fetid; strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty^†, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy^†; olid^†, olidous^†; nidorous^†; smelling, stinking; putrid etc. 653; suffocating, mephitic; empyreumatic^†.    ... show more