- smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"
--1 is a kind of sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
--1 has particulars:scent; aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent; malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis; acridity Derived form: verb odourise1 - olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent - any property detected by the olfactory system
--2 is a kind of property
--2 has particulars:bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness; malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness Derived form: verb odourise1