香味
xiāngwèi · HSK 7
odor
🌸👃 香 (fragrant) + 味 (flavor/taste) = the smell-flavor a thing gives off
香 is the fragrant/incense character; 味 means taste or flavor. Together 香味 is the scent something releases. The 口 (mouth) radical inside 味 ties it to taste and smell, the two senses that share the same airborne molecules.
香 — grain 禾 over sun 日 (originally 甘 'sweet')
Originally an ideograph showing grain (禾) over a vessel of sweet/savory taste (甘), depicting the aroma of cooked millet. Over time the lower 甘 was simplified to 日. The character broadened from 'fragrance of grain' to any pleasant smell, and by extension 'incense' and 'delicious'.