…walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
Ephesians 5:2
Describing scents in a scene adds depth to writing by enabling the reader to relate.
- Citrusy – characteristic of citrus fruit in scent
- coppery – smelling of copper
- earthy – smelling like earth
- fishy – smelling like fish
- floral – smelling of flowers
- flowery – a flowery smell reminds you of flowers
- fruity – smelling like fruit
- Gamy – having the distinctive fragrance of game
- garlicky – smelling of garlic
- leathery – smells like leather
- lemony – smells like lemon
- medicinal – smells like medicine
- minty – smelling of mint
- musky – similar to musk in smell
- peachy – similar to a peach in colour, taste, or smell
- smoky – smelling of smoke
- woody – an earthy smell, smelling of wood
Airy, acrid, aromatic, astonishing, balmy, balsamic, beautiful, bubbly, celestial, cheap, clean, cool, delicate, delicious, delightful, dewy, divine, exotic, exquisite, faint, familiar, favorite, fine, floral, fresh, green, gentle, great, graceful, heady, heavenly, heavy, holy, immortal, light, lovely, mild, musky, musty, natural, overpowering, overwhelming, peculiar, pleasant, pleasing, powerful, precious, pungent, pure, putrid, rancid, rare, refreshing, rich, sickeningly sweet, soft, sparkly, spicy, spiritual, smoky, smoldering, stale, strange, strong, subtle, suffocating, toxic scent, unique, warm, wild, wispy, wonderful, zesty are all adjectives that could pertain to smell.
The air was thick with the salty, messy smell of the cow.
He had a masculine smell of moss and pine.
The sour, yeasty smell of Guinness and champagne.
Booze, soured smell.
Antiseptic
Stale cigarette smoke
Perfume – Floral and exotic
Lavender, chemical smell of detergent
A fresh, lemony polish emanates from within
Her smell – cotton and vanilla and sandalwood
Oranges with a hint of cologne
Incense
Wood polish
The sharp small of gasoline
Shampoo
Acrid smell of smoke
White musk
Perfume, sickly sweet.
The room was stuffy and smelled sickly sweet.
Stale breath
The strap stink of sweat
