<adj.all> odoriferous spices the odorous air of the orchard the perfumed air of June scented flowers
Odoriferous \O`dor*if"er*ous\, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See {Odoe}, and 1st {Bear}.] Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. --Milton. ※ -- {O`dor*if"er*ous*ly}, adv. --{O`dor*if"er*ous*ness}, n.
As a result, the expedition leader's advice to take an early Zodiac ashore and catch the last one back was worth heeding. On one of my trips ashore I watched a mass of chin-strap penguins in an odoriferous rookery high on a stony hillside.