The captain's nostrils wrinkled briefly as if trying to catch an elusive scent.

She was less than a foot away and Lucas could smell the elusive scent she'd worn the first day he'd met her.

Water and wine, soft blankets had been left for them; the fire burned steadily, sending out a clean, elusive scent.

He tested the night air most of all, apparently seeking an elusive scent.

Her nostrils flared, as if she were trying to place an elusive scent.

Blaise stepped forward into the darkness, following the elusive scent of perfume in the night.

That was what she had said her elusive scent was.

I went after her, drawn by the same elusive scent.

He soon recognized the elusive scent he'd detected on Katarina before.

She turned me gently, pouring soap with a sweet, elusive scent atop my head.