whiff

a whiff of perfume.

a whiff of cool air.

Take a whiff of this pipe.

a dog whiffing the air.

I caught a whiff of peachy perfume.

he could whiff the slightest reek.

detecting the unmistakable whiff of electoral blackmail

A whiff of fresh air cleared his head.

Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.

one whiff of clothing and Fido was off.

here was a man with a whiff of danger about him.

puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.

A few whiffs of this gas and she'll fall a sleep.

He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.

He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict.

A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her.

Without the piercing chilliness of the snowfall,where comes the fragrant whiff of the plum blossoms.

Journalists caught a whiff of scandal and pursued the actress relentlessly.

From the alighting board comes not as of old the spirituous, fragrant smell of honey and bitterness, and the whiff of heat from the multitudes within.

Here's to the heady aroma of the frost-kissed apples, the winey smell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind smell of hickory nuts and the nostalgic whiff of that first wood smoke.