musky smell
Deep earthy fragrance
A musky smell is a heavy, earthy scent with animal or sexual undertones—the kind produced by musk deer glands, certain plants, or human body odor.
The phrase often describes perfumes with deep, lingering base notes, or natural scents that are pungent without being unpleasant: The room had a musky smell of sweat and old leather.
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
- body odorHuman sweat smell
- locker roomShared space for dressing
- animalMulticellular motile organism
wild animal · cologne · perfume · deer · sweat · forest · deep woods · damp · woody · masculine · civet · amber · gland · heavy · sensual · sex appeal · fur · primal