sweet scented

See also: sweet-scented

English

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of sweet-scented.
    • 1947 May 18, Dorothy H. Jenkins, “Around the Garden”, 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:
      Some of the narcissus are sweet scented, and as more and more reach the peak of their bloom it is difficult to choose between the distinguished new varieties.
    • 1979 April 6, Henry Mitchell, “The Blossoms’ Indifference - And Fragile Strength”, in The Washington Post[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:
      Vases of red glass held freesias, possibly the sweetest scented of all flowers, on two-foot stems.
    • 2010 March 12, Elle Harrow, Terry Markowitz, “All About Food: Demystifying culinary terms”, in Daily Pilot[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:
      The new kid on the block is fennel pollen, an expensive extract from early blooming wild fennel plants. It is sweet scented and pungent; but you don’t have to pay top dollar, all you have to do is go walking in the hills above Laguna in about a month and collect.