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Scent (Verb)

Apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day".

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

She scented herself with the roses she picked from the garden that morning.
He gently scented his new dinner jacket with his signature cologne before the ball.
Every morning, she scented herself with a few spritzes of her favorite perfume.
The actress scented her dressing room with lavender essential oils to ease her nerves.
He carefully scented the room with jasmine incense sticks to set the mood.

Catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The police officer assigned to the case caught the scent of the suspect's identity as more evidence came to light.
The journalist's sources began to get wind of the scandal long before it made headlines.
The K-9 unit trained to scent out explosives detected a threat on the abandoned suitcase.
Detectives worked tirelessly to get wind of the culprit's location before they fled the country.
A skilled bloodhound trained to scent out missing people located the lost child in the woods.

Cause to smell or be smelly.

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The garbage in the alleyway did scent the entire neighborhood with its pungent smell of rotting food and trash.
The flowers in the greenhouse scent the air with their sweet perfume.
The smoke from the fire slowly began to scent the air as the sparks grew into flames.
The nearby dumpster certainly scents the surrounding building with its putrid smell every time it's emptied.
The perfume counter at the department store never fails to scent the surrounding area with an overpowering array of fragrances.