scented
adjective
[ ˈsɛntɪd ]
• having a pleasant scent.
• "scented soap"
scent
verb
• impart a pleasant scent to.
• "a glass of tea scented with a local herb"
• discern by the sense of smell.
• "a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away"
Similar:
smell,
detect the smell of,
pick up the smell of,
get a whiff of,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir ‘perceive, smell’, from Latin sentire . The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained.
