Sweet Scent (move)

Sweet Scent あまいかおり Sweet Scent

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all foes

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM12 in Generation II

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made their appeals for this turn.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sweet Scent (Japanese: あまいかおり Sweet Scent) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

In battle

Sweet Scent lowers the target's evasiveness by one stage.

Outside of battle

Sweet Scent causes wild Pokémon to appear in clear weather conditions while standing. If Repel is in effect, Sweet Scent is prioritized.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 25 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 29 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 29 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 7 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 7 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 30 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 33 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0182 Bellossom Grass -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM12

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0114 Tangela Grass 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0182 Bellossom Grass 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0191 Sunkern Grass 0192 Sunflora Grass 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0241 Miltank Normal 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Butterfree
Beedrill
Paras, Parasect
Venonat, Venomoth
Ledyba, Ledian
Pineco, Forretress

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic New York City Pokémon Center 0113 Chansey Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0216 Teddiursa Normal New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 25 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 29 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 29 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 7 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 7 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 30 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 33 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0283 Surskit Bug Water 13 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying -- 13 0303 Mawile Steel 16 0314 Illumise Bug 5 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 37 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia
Tropius

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic Wish Events 0113 Chansey Normal Wish Events Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 21 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 23 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 23 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 5 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 5 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 29 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 29 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0152 Chikorita Grass 28 0153 Bayleef Grass 32 0154 Meganium Grass 34 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0216 Teddiursa Normal 22 0217 Ursaring Normal 22 0283 Surskit Bug Water 13 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying -- 13 0303 Mawile Steel 16 0314 Illumise Bug 5 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 31 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 21 0407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 0415 Combee Bug Flying -- 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying -- 0455 Carnivine Grass 17 0492 Shaymin Grass 37 0492 Shaymin Grass 37 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Combee
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0191 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sunkern
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain
Combee |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0420 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cherubi
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Mawile
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 21 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 23 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 23 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 5 0044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 5 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 29 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 29 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0152 Chikorita Grass 28 0153 Bayleef Grass 32 0154 Meganium Grass 34 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0216 Teddiursa Normal 22 0217 Ursaring Normal 22 0283 Surskit Bug Water 13 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying -- 13 0303 Mawile Steel 16 0314 Illumise Bug 5 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 31 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 21 0407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 0415 Combee Bug Flying -- 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying -- 0455 Carnivine Grass 17 0492 Shaymin Grass 28 0492 Shaymin Grass 28 0556 Maractus Grass 3 0590 Foongus Grass Poison 24 0591 Amoonguss Grass Poison 24 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Combee
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0191 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sunkern
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit, Masquerain
Combee |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0420 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cherubi
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Mawile
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0495 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snivy
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0548 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Petilil
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Mawile
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
Maractus
Foongus, Amoonguss

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0191 Sunkern Grass Dream World Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Venusaur Sweet Scent.png Warding off Pokémon File:Roserade Sweet Scent.png Roserade File:Meganium Sweet Scent.png Meganium
A sweet scent that lowers the foe's evasiveness. It also lures wild Pokémon if used in grass.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Chikorita waves the leaf on its head and a pink powder comes out of it at the opponent, making the opponent relax.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header		Debut
Ash's Chikorita	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
	Weepinbell releases a pink powder from its mouth at the opponent, making the opponent relax and come at it in a trance-like state.
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid		None
	Illumise releases a pink powder from out of its wings below it.
Juliet's Illumise	Love at First Flight		None
	Oddish spins around in circles and a pink powder comes out of the leaves on its head in waves, attracting all Pokémon in the area.
Eliza's Oddish	I Feel Skitty!		None
	Meganium releases a pink powder from the petals around its neck, relaxing the opponent.
Elisa's Meganium	Beg, Burrow, and Steal		None
	Venusaur releases a light green powder from the flower on its back at the opponent.
Spenser's Venusaur	Cutting the Ties That Bind!		None
	Roserade holds out its arms and releases a pink powder with light pink sparkles from the two flowers at the end of its arms at the opponent. When it reaches the opponent, the powder causes them to faint for a moment.
Nando's Roserade	League Unleashed!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Venusaur
The user releases a powder that makes the opponent relax and groggy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Venusaur releases a powder from the inside of its flower that makes the opponent groggy and relax.
Red's Saur	Victim of Venusaur		Debut
	Parasect releases balls of powder into the air from the mushroom on its back.
Crys's Parasee	Jumping Jumpluff		None

Trivia

• Using Sweet Scent (or honey) inside a shop or Poké Mart will cause the descriptive text of purchasable items to vanish until the player leaves the shop. This is known as the honey shop glitch.
• Ash once told his Chikorita to use Sweet Smell instead of Sweet Scent.

In other languages

• Dutch: Zoete Geur
• Finnish Sulotuoksu
• French: Doux Parfum
• German: Lockduft
• Greek: Γλυκή Μυρωδιά
• Italian: Profumino
• Korean: 달콤한향기 Dalkomhan Hyanggi
• Spanish: Dulce Aroma
• Serbian: Slatka Aroma

Variations of the move Flash
Flash • Smokescreen • Sand Attack

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