scent

A distinctive odour or smell.

“the scent of a skunk”

An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

“The dogs lost the scent.”

The sense of smell.

“I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.”

A perfume.

Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.

Sense, perception.

To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.

“The hounds scented the fox in the woods.”

To have a suspicion of.

“I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.”

To impart an odour to.

“Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.”

To have a smell.

To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.