The phrase 'close smell' is not correct or usable in written English.
The correct phrase would be "close smell of." You could use it in a sentence like, "I could smell the close smell of the rain coming."
Sweet, husky, close smell of an indoor homicide".
The basement had the close smell of a dorm room or the skin under a wristwatch.
It wasn't dawn, it was midday, but it appeared like dawn, with faint streaks of light shedding from the edges of the green shades and the whole room is a sort of dead half-darkness with a close smell of powder and perfume — and Lysol.
Maybe at some point we will have smells for different purposes, the "stay alone" smell, "come halfway" smell, "come close" smell.
Self consciousness aside, standing in store, eyes closed, smelling white muslin infused with the pure fragrances before alcohol is added, you can see the logic in the titles.
She wants to gather him up, to hold him close, to smell the apricot-sweetness of his skin, to feel the fuzz of his ear against her cheek, to say I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry — for what?
Finally, I'll get to see them up close, to smell them, to taste the tanoak at the back of my tongue.
Now fear infects the wind, and every breath that neighbour breathes on neighbour in the street brings death so close you smell it on the stairs.
"She came up close to smell my perfume, and then she kissed me on the mouth … I was scared, but she tried to touch me and put her arm around me to stop me moving away," Triana testified later in court.
It's close to smell no taste".
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