sweet-scented

See also: sweet scented

English

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Adjective

sweet-scented (comparative more sweet-scented or sweeter-scented, superlative most sweet-scented or sweetest-scented)

  1. Synonym of sweet-smelling.
    • 1926 August 15, Alexander I. Nazaroff, “Corsica Is Off the Beaten Track of Tourists […]”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:
      She spent there only two months, but that was enough for her to fail in love with this sunny and colorful island. Its "salmon-red cliffs, its "sweetest-scented hillsides in the world," its Genoese citadels and fortresses towering out of rock, literally conquered her heart.
    • 2014 September 16, Robert Lachman, “A tour of florist Jacob Maarse's 3-acre rose garden”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      If only this photo had a scratch-and-sniff feature! 'Double Delight' is one of the strongest- and sweetest-scented roses in Maarse's garden.

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