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Adjective: scented  sen-tid
  1. Filled or impregnated with perfume
    "scented soap";
    - perfumed
     
  2. Having a natural fragrance
    "scented flowers"; "sweet-scented spices";
    - odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, odiferous
     
  3. (used in combination) having the odour of
    "clean-scented laundry"; "a manure-scented barnyard"
     
  4. Having the sense of smell
    "keen-scented hounds"
Verb: scent  sent
  1. Cause to smell or be smelly
    - odorize, odourise [Brit, non-standard], odorise [Brit]
     
  2. Catch the scent of; get wind of
    "The dog scented out the drugs";
    - nose, wind
     
  3. Apply perfume to
    - perfume

See also: fragrant, odorous

Type of: cause to be perceived, groom, neaten, smell

Antonym: scentless

Encyclopedia: Scent