whiffer

Peter Jahrling, a whiffer of Ebola who lived to tell about it, is now the principal scientist at USAMRIID.

SCENTED INHALERS LearningMeditation.com sells a $20 scented "whiffer" that looks like a wood pen but is really a "personal aromatic inhaler" that is said to enhance your awareness and give you a "soothing break."

Felissimo, at 10 West 56th Street, sells Whiffers (top, $25), personal inhalers that look like short pens, in varieties like the Wall Street Whiffer, for clarity and alertness, and Heartmending Whiffer, for "emotional wholeness."