Official term for rose smell?

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Is there a technical or officially recognized term for the experience of smelling roses? I understand that this happens when Mother Mary is present. Thank you!
 
I think “odor of sanctity” is more associated with a good death – “He died in the odor of sanctity.” One finds this in lives of the saints.
 
There have been quite a few times where I have experienced the rose smell when there is nothing around.
 
I thought it was called a sanctifying grace and sometimes referred to as the odor of sanctity - being in the presence of a saint or the Blessed Mother or also called signaling grace.
 
Santifying grace is what you get in the sacraments.

“Signal graces” is a phrase found in the 15 Promises associated with the Rosary and attributed to Bl. Alan de la Roche. The Promises do not explain the meaning, but Jimmy Akin talks about it here.

I doubt there’s an official term for “the fragrance of flowers” associated with certain saints, since it is a sort of phenomenon like incorruptibility which is not formally defined and not something we should base our faith on (though it may be a genuine consolation).
 
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