overscented

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overscent

comparative more overscented · superlative most overscented

1. Scented excessively.

   […] he was very ready to go and see her whenever summoned by one of her overscented notes, the odor of which was quite hateful to Mrs. Bulliman.

   1868, Shirley Brooks, chapter 25, in Sooner or Later, New York: Harper, page 142

   2 more examples

   She admired Louis Lambert, Le colonel Chabert, Cesar Birotteau, and Eugénie Grandet, but she had a lively distaste for the overscented salon stories such as La femme de trente ans,

   1946, Stefan Zweig, chapter 7, in William Rose, Dorothy Rose, transl., Balzac, New York: Viking, page 121

   “Ladies love Armani,” he said, sauntering toward the interview rooms. “Ladies love oxygen, too,” I said, following in his overscented wake.

   2015, Rachel Howzell Hall, chapter 18, in Skies of Ash,, London: Titan Books, page 127