Examples: The aroma of
cinnamon rolls coming from the kitchen served as an enticing
olfactory
clue that breakfast was almost ready.
"First things
first, it has to be said that the place smells like an aromatic candle. Equal
parts cedar, pine, campfire, and patchouli, with a dash of earthiness, Awendaw
Green is an olfactory
wonderland."
— Kirsten Schofield, Charleston City Paper, August 19, 2014
Did you know? Olfactory
derives from the past participle of the Latin olfacere, which means "to
smell" and which was formed from the verb olēre (also "to smell")
and facere ("to do"). Olfactory is a word that often appears in
scientific contexts (as in "olfactory nerves," the nerves that pass
from the nose to the brain and contain the receptors that make smelling
possible), but it has occasionally branched out into less specialized contexts.
The pleasant smell of spring flowers, for example, might be considered an
"olfactory delight." A related word, olfaction, is a noun referring to the sense of smell or the act or process
of smelling.
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