smelling
Using your nose
Smelling is the present participle of smell, used both as a verb form and as an adjective.
As a verb, it describes the act of perceiving odors or sniffing something deliberately: I was smelling the roses when a bee stung me.
As an adjective, it characterizes something that emits an odor, usually an unpleasant one: Those smelling socks need to go in the wash.
The compound smelling salts refers to ammonia-based substances used to revive someone who has fainted.
Inhaling through the nose
- nosingInvestigating with curiosity
- inhalingDrawing air inward
- scentingPerceiving by nose
- detectingPerceiving something present
sensing · perceiving · whiffing · savoring · sampling · breathing · snuffling · discerning
Fragrant liquid for wearing
- cologneLight men's fragrance
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- eau de toiletteLight aromatic preparation
- notesBrief written records
top notes · base notes · bergamot · patchouli · musk · gourmand · attar · niche
Of the sense detecting odors
- noseOlfactory facial organ
- nostrilsBreathing holes in face
- nasalOf the nose
- receptorsProteins binding specific molecules
olfaction · sensory · neurons · mucous membrane · anosmia · chemoreception · rhinology · pheromones
Emitting foul odor
- reekingEmitting strong foul smell
- foulOffensive or illegal
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- malodorousHaving a bad smell
noxious · rank · rotten · fetid · musty · moldy · sour · acrid
Emitting pleasant smell
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- perfumedTreated with fragrance
- scentedHaving added fragrance
- floralOf or like blooms
fresh · bouquet · essence · spice · herbal · citrus · vanilla · cinnamon
Pursuing wild game
- trailingFollowing behind something
- followingComing after another
- searchingLooking to find
- detectingPerceiving something present
tracking · bloodhound · hound · pursuing · identifying · locating · finding · picking up
sniffing
Inhaling through the nose
detecting · sensing · perceiving · whiffing · savoring · sampling · breathing · snuffling · discerning · recognizing
perfume
Fragrant liquid for wearing
- cologneLight men's fragrance
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- eau de toiletteLight aromatic preparation
notes · top notes · base notes · bergamot · patchouli · musk · gourmand · attar · niche · oud
olfactory
Of the sense detecting odors
receptors · olfaction · sensory · neurons · mucous membrane · anosmia · chemoreception · rhinology · pheromones · snout
stinking
Emitting foul odor
malodorous · noxious · rank · rotten · fetid · musty · moldy · sour · acrid · sulfurous
fragrant
Emitting pleasant smell
floral · fresh · bouquet · essence · spice · herbal · citrus · vanilla · cinnamon · minty
hunting
Pursuing wild game
detecting · tracking · bloodhound · hound · pursuing · identifying · locating · finding · picking up
- sensory activitiestasting, touching, listening, watching, aromatherapy
- smell reactionssniffing, disgust, nose wrinkle, nose wrinkling, aversion
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- sensessight, taste, hearing, touch, vision
- life experiencesgraduation, heartbreak, travel, parenthood, falling in love
- come out smelling of rosesEmerge favorably from difficulty
- smelling a ratSensing hidden wrongdoing
- smelling saltsPungent ammonia revival compound
- smelling like a roseEscaping blame or scandal
- stopping and smelling the rosesAppreciating life's small moments
- foul smellingHaving an unpleasant odor