1.   An overpowering smell of Freesia perfume hung around her like a cloud.

2.   There was an overpowering smell of alcohol.

3.   An overpowering smell of vegetation filled the air, drifting on a fine steam.

4.   But what Seaman Barnes will remember, aside from the terrible ordinariness, was the overpowering smell of jet fuel.

5.   Last year, customs officials in Slovakia opened a shipment of tomato paste destined for Germany because of the overpowering smell of human excrement.

6.   The hold itself was saturated with the overpowering smell of cacao beans.

7.   With the overpowering smells of decomposed bodies and diesel fuel hanging in the air, the marchers sang and chanted religious songs Thursday.