Instead, they develop a kind of sensitivity-to variations of the basic rotten smell.

The rotten sweet smell of necrotic flesh was nauseating in the heat.

I started to beat out a rhythm with my hands on my knees and briefly caught the sweet, rotten smell.

The rotten smell of its breath reached the hunters as it died.

A muddy, rotten smell rose up as she stepped.

A fusty, rotten smell came from many of the buildings.

Rice was difficult enough to eat without the added handicap of the rotten smell and flies.

There was a rotten smell that began to make her sick.

Little flies, rotten smell and no more room in the kitchen trash basket may be why.

I picked my way through the dump, savouring its rotten, slightly sweet smell.