olfactory
adj.adj. relating to your sense of smell. You use this word when talking about how the nose and brain process different scents.
adj. relating to the sense of smell or the organs involved in smelling. Often used in biological or medical contexts to describe nerves, bulbs, or stimuli.
The kitchen was filled with a wonderful olfactory delight.
Dogs have a much more developed olfactory system than humans, allowing them to track scents over long distances.
The novelist used rich olfactory imagery to transport readers to the damp, spice-filled markets of the ancient port city.
From Latin olfactus (“an act of smelling; the sense of smell”) + -ory, from olfaciō (“to sniff, smell, scent”) + -tus (action noun suffix).
Typically used in technical, scientific, or formal descriptive contexts; often precedes nouns like 'system', 'nerve', or 'sense'.