She left them in darkness, and a lingering fragrance of lily.

We hugged in the hallway, the lingering fragrance of her lily-of-the-valley soap summoning the past with instant ease.

She leaned into the vehicle, catching the pleasant scent of leather mixing with the lingering fragrance of Thomas's spicy cologne.

It smelled like disinfectant, but that might have just been the lingering fragrance of what they'd sloshed him off with.

But here the ray of spring had never penetrated either that day or the days of former springs; so there was no lingering fragrance.