ppl. a. arch. Fragrant.
c. 1400. [see SMELLING ppl. a. 1].
1534. Ld. Berners, Golden Bk. M. Aurel., xviii. (1535), 31. He wolde washe his handes with very well smellyng waters.
1698. Phil. Trans., XX. 362. There were found many well-smelling Trees.
1887. Morris, Odyss., II. 339. Well-smelling oil.