Let’s explore some words that would make you wince.
Noisome [noi-suh
m] (adj.):
1. harmful or disgusting, as an odor.
2. harmful or injurious to health.
Example:
Can you turn off that cigar? The smell is noisome.
Pungent [puhn-juhnt] (adj.):
1. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
2. acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
3. caustic, biting, or sharply expressive: pungent remarks.
4. mentally stimulating or appealing: wit.
5. Biology . piercing or sharp-pointed.
Example:
Not even the best perfume could mask that pungent smell of his.
Words of Margaux 
Never knew about , ‘noisome’, good to learn new words 😀 Thanks for sharing!
You’d think noisome should mean noisy, fulsome full, and wholesome whole. But no. I think I once came across an article by a careless journalist applying ‘noisome’ to mean noisy, and one of the editors of our major news paper has a grammar column on Sundays where, once, in 2010, he expounded on the difference between ‘wholesome’ and ‘whole’.
You are helping us all widen our vocabulary, so thank you!
Noisome is new to me. I like it. I need to start using these more so I can remember. He was caught off guard by the noisome smell of work. 😆