fragrant

Adjective

Meaning

Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When grace comes, all the schemes of the evil one cease, for it abolishes them. It comes like a gentle breeze, like a subtle, fragrant zephyr which deadens the flesh and then raises the soul. It enlightens our nous. And in the end, when it comes, grace itself teaches a person. Joseph the Hesychast

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks be to God,' says the Admiral, 'the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is. Christopher Columbus

The most fragrant of flowers are eaten by the green-fly. Malawi Proverb

Whatsoever a new bride touches is fragrant. Maltese Proverb

A fragrant bloom is not necessarily a beautiful flower; an orator may not be a crackerjack. Chinese Proverb

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