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Adjective: odoriferous  `ow-du'ri-fu-rus
  1. Morally offensive
    "odoriferous legislation"
    - odiferous
     
  2. Emitting an odour
    "odoriferous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
    - odorous, odiferous
     
  3. Having a natural fragrance
    "odoriferous spices"
    - odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, odiferous

See also: fragrant, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, minging [Brit], offensive, pongy [Brit], stinky, unpleasant-smelling, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn], whiffy [Brit]