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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redolence

Redolence \Red"o*lence\ (r?d"?*lens), Redolency \Red"o*len*cy\ (-len*s?), n. The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
redolence

early 15c., from Old French redolence, related to redolent (see redolent).

Wiktionary
redolence

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being redolent 2 (context countable English) An evocative fragrance

WordNet
redolence

n. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, sweetness]

Usage examples of "redolence".

A blonde woman, clad in bright red velvet and with the redolence of lavender, bounced up out of the crowd.

The air smelled of recently cut lumber and fresh paint, with the underlying redolence of old building.

The bar reeked of spilt whiskey, old cigarette smoke, and the musty redolence of rotting wood.

Then, instead of expensive mouthwash, he had breathed on Hogg-Enderby bafflingly (for no banquet would serve, because of the known redolence of onions, onions) onions.

He sprawled back, gut out, getting his breath in a redolence of hard sweat and cigars.

What would eventually be fairy tales still had redolences of god-stories and myths.