Meaning of overscent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To give too much scent to (something or someone); to scent excessively.
   transitive
2. To apply too much scent to oneself.
   intransitive, reflexive
3. To scent so as to cover or conceal the original odour.

Examples

“1989, Dan Bertalan, Traditional Bowyers of America, East Lansing, MI: Envisage Unlimited, Chapter 10, p. 158, He figured the big bear was coming in downwind and picking up his scent. “So I moved the bait station about 200 yards to a better location. Most bear hunters won’t make so many changes because they’re scared of overscenting the area. But I knew I had to make changes to kill that bear. […] ””

“Licking articles is sometimes seen in an experienced dog when the handler is very nervous, has sweaty palms, and overscents the article.”

“Adding aroma—by having fragrant flowers or flowering plants or using fragrant room sprays or candles—to a lounge/family room is lovely, but don’t overscent the room because it can increase, rather than decrease, tension and cause headaches!”

“It is never good taste to overscent one’s-self, but a person who uses no kind of artificial perfume at all, neither in soap nor in pomade, nor yet in the linen, is not always the most agreeable.”

“Cologne and perfume are nice but use in moderation. If you overscent, you run the risk that your interviewer dislikes the smell, or even has a bad reaction to it.”

“A young lady does not spray herself with so much sun-ripened raspberry body splash that she attracts bees. She particularly does not overscent herself if she is going to be in a confined space with captive companions.”

““Just spray in front of you, dear girl,” he advises. “Then walk into the mist. It’s vulgar to overscent.””

“having the stinch of his railing tongue, over-sented with the fragrant ointment of this Prince’s memory”

“[…] she feels the truck moving toward her, rattling the small-town night with its rough bellow, close enough now to scrape the low-hanging branches and overscent the gentle lilacs,”

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