The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ODOURS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ODOURS
- Party back where we live stinks
- Smells good, our scent bottle
- Covered in seafood, our steak smells
- Lose heart about forbidding bouquets
- They might hum, unsmiling, in Old Style setting
- The setter, dropping out from playing ‘Dormouse’, gets bouquets
- Gloomy surrounded by very big smells
- Smells nothing serious and leaves without permission
- Terrible smells from fat, obstinate dons
- Smells sullen in offices’ limits
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What does ODOURS mean?
ODOURS noun- Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- A strong, pervasive quality.
- Esteem.
- Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.