Object

• scent: I smell the many scents of a wood in autumn.

• aroma: I can also still smell the wonderful aromas of Potter Bailey.

• odor: However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call " beer.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• fishy: I smell something fishy, and I'm not talking about the contents of Baldrick's apple crumble.

Adjective modifier

• pungent: It smelled of Africa, that pungent spicy smell from the sage bushes.

• musty: The musty smell of moss and pregnant decay would not greet him.

• acrid: The acrid smell of burnt eagle feathers hung in the air.

• unpleasant: The slime which covers the skin has a strong but not unpleasant, smell.

• overpowering: All well and good you might think but how can we work with that overpowering paint smell?

• fishy: At least that fishy smell about the place has gone.

Adjective complement

• fishy: They smell fishy, or some people say, of new-mown hay or Jasmine tea.

• musty: Don't feed hay which is dusty, or smells musty.

Preposition: of

• incense: Large cushions and rugs had been flung about and the smell of strong incense or perfume filled the air.

• sulfur: It was fairly near one of the blanket mills and I won't forget the overwhelming smell of sulfur as one passed by.

Preposition: like

• skunk: You smell like a skunk soaking in sardine nectar for a week.