It's the old political story: When people smell weakness in a candidate, they go after him.
How is it that these people don't smell the brimstone?
Angel had told her that some people, like dogs, can smell fear.
"Some people would smell better if they did that, now and then."
You people need to wake up and smell the coffee.
But seriously, how do some people not smell themselves.
The people who watched for such things could smell it on him.
"You think people from other countries smell different when they decompose?"
I could have a puff here, but people coming in would smell it.
That could explain why some people smelled like sounds or colors: I wasn't actually using my nose.