fish smell
Seafood market scent
Fish smell is the distinctive odor of fish, ranging from mild oceanic freshness to pungent decay.
Fresh fish should smell like the sea; strong fishiness indicates age or spoilage.
The phrase often appears in contexts about freshness: If it has a fish smell, don't buy it.
Fish smell also refers disparagingly to vaginal odor, a comparison considered vulgar and offensive.
- brinyStrongly of salt
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- marketVenue for trade
fresh · rotten · scales · gills · salty · pungent · dock · harbor · seaweed · ammonia · raw · sushi · pier · trawler · catch · catch of the day · gutting · ice
- Stinksbody odor, skunk, rotten eggs, sewage, fart
- cooking smellssmoke, steam
- smellsaroma, scent, fragrance, perfume, odor
- coastal sensationssea breeze, salt air, sea spray, crashing waves, coastal fog
scent pleasantness
fish smellfloral scent
Odor from flowers
fresh flowers · perfume · fragrance · rose scent · lavender
fish, smell, fishes, fished, fishing, fishy, fisherman, fishery, fishable