It's unlikely that the halls of any Government office building ever smelled this good, or this exotic.

He had a brown paper bag next to him, and the entire hall smelled like meatballs and marinara.

The hall smelled of cedar wood and sweet wax.

The hall smelled of beeswax, lemon oil, and a fresh coat of blue paint.

The halls smell old and used except when you approach the dean's suite.

The halls smelled of cabbage and unwashed bodies and urine.

The halls smelled of stale air and new machine lubrication.

The seldom-used halls smelled musty, and in places damp.

The hall smelled musty already, too much old wood and furniture to stand enclosure by the night.

The hall smelled more like the depths of a wood than the site of a single tree.