1.   A faint smell of cooking emerged from the kitchen.

2.   A faint smell of frying bacon drifted up from the kitchen.

3.   As the steam drifted toward him, it seemed to bring with it a faint smell of meat.

4.   He detected a faint smell of blood.

5.   He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him.

6.   I noticed a faint smell of perfume.

7.   In my bed is a faint smell of excrement.

8.   Marlowe detected a faint smell of perfume as he entered the room.

9.   The faint smell of cigar smoke lingered on in the room.