aromatic Definition

1. Having a strong, but sweet or pleasant smell.

Thesaurus: fragrant, pungent, perfumed, sweet-smelling, odoriferous, balmy, redolent; Antonym: acrid.
2. chem.
Said of an organic compound: having carbon atoms arranged in one or more rings rather than in chains. See also aliphatic.

1. Anything, such as a herb, plant, drug, etc, that gives off a strong fragrant smell.