scenting
Picking up smells
Scenting is the act of detecting or following by smell.
A dog scenting prey tracks it through odor.
The word also covers applying scent: She was scenting her wrists with perfume.
Figuratively, scenting means sensing or suspecting: scenting trouble, scenting an opportunity.
Inhaling through the nose
nostrils · olfaction · sensory · receptors · nasal · smell · odor · pheromones
Path through wilderness
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- huntingPursuing wild game
- houndHunting dog breed
- bloodhoundScent-tracking dog breed
tracker · stalking · quarry · prey · game · spoor · following · trailing
Pleasing olfactory quality
- bouquetArranged cluster of blooms
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- whiffBrief, faint smell
- redolenceQuality of being aromatic
perfume · musk · amber · vanilla · sandalwood · patchouli · jasmine · rose
Adding pleasant smell
- spritzLight liquid burst
- dabbingLight, repeated pressing
- mistingDispersing fine water spray
- atomizerDevice producing fine spray
diffusing · infusing · layering · freshening · aromatizing · scattering · dispersing
sniffing
Inhaling through the nose
sniff · nostrils · olfaction · sensory · receptors · nasal · smell · odor · pheromones · air
trail
Path through wilderness
bloodhound · tracker · stalking · quarry · prey · game · spoor · following · trailing · search
fragrance
Pleasing olfactory quality
redolence · perfume · musk · amber · vanilla · sandalwood · patchouli · jasmine · rose · lavender
perfuming
Adding pleasant smell
atomizer · diffusing · infusing · layering · freshening · aromatizing · scattering · dispersing
- scentingperfuming, aromatizing, freshening, diffusing, incense burning
- colony behaviorswarming, foraging, division of labor, caste system, food storage
- hound trainingrecall training, nose work, trailing, tracking, baying
- fragrancesperfume, cologne, aftershave, essential oils, floral
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing