The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Olfaction \Ol*fac"tion\, n. [See Olfactory.] (Physiol.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
olfaction n 1: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality]