afterscent

== English == === Etymology === From after- +‎ scent. === Noun === afterscent (plural afterscents) A scent that follows something; a scent remaining after its source is no longer present. Coordinate term: forescent 1861, R. H. Chermside, An Only Son, Chapter 21, in Dublin University Magazine Volume 58, No. 343, p. 185,[1] “Prickly plants of disappointment spring up in so many shapes! Yet some have flowers of sweet afterscent. […] ”