Sentence examples for subtle odours from inspiring English sources
We do not notice how our sense of wellbeing is propped up by a thousand subtle odours, especially as the seasons change.
While studying, each subject was exposed to a subtle odour in the room, which was later re-introduced when subjects were in a sleep stage called slow-wave sleep.
Some of the subjects were exposed to a subtle, artificial, odour as they played, and Diekelmann then wafted the same scent into their noses as they slept.
Trichloroethylene has a subtle, sweet odour.
Vathek by William Beckford Beckford's oriental despot and his companions discover an underworld palace, where "the pavement, strewed over with gold dust and saffron, exhaled so subtle an odour as almost overpowered them".
It is believed that Parkinson's may cause changes to the sebum - an oily substance in the skin - resulting in a unique odour so subtle it can only be detected by "supersmellers" like Mrs Milne.
The odour of Vegemite – so special, so unique – is still there, but more subtle.
The NA-NOSE is an artificial olfactory system based on an array of highly cross-reactive gas sensors that can identify and separate different odours, even if the odorants are present at very low concentrations and their differences are very subtle (see Supplementary Figure S2, SOI).
As an urban smellscape researcher and mapper, I was genuinely curious to discover to what extent Amsterdam's notoriously famous odour pervaded and to explore the other aromas floating around the city, from the constant and subtle presence of any background smells to the episodic scents of specific neighbourhoods and the unexpected and curious aromas as detected by a local population.
They sniff for peculiar odours.
