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  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Many Others: Affects all adjacent opponents, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM12 in Generation II

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

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 Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM12 in Generation II.

Effect

In battle

Generations I and II

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

Generations III to V

Sweet Scent hits both opponents in a Double Battle. In a Triple Battle, Sweet Scent will only hit opposing adjacent Pokémon.

Generations VI

Sweet Scent lowers the target's evasion by two 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.

In Generation VI Sweet Scent causes horde Pokémon to appear.

Description

Games Description A pleasant aroma that distracts the target, making the opponent easier to hit. Reduces the foe's evasiveness. RSE Allures the foe to reduce evasiveness. FRLG Allures the foe to reduce evasiveness. It also attracts wild Pokémon. A sweet scent that lowers the foe's evasiveness. It also lures wild Pokémon if used in grass, etc. A sweet scent that lowers the opposing team's evasiveness. It also lures wild Pokémon if used in grass, etc. A sweet scent that harshly lowers opposing Pokémon's evasiveness. This also lures wild Pokémon if used in places such as tall grass.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	25			25			21				21			'
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	29			29			23				23			'
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	29			29			23				23			'
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	7			7			5				5			'
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	--, 7			--, 7			--, 5				--, 5			'
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	--													'
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	30			30			29				29			'
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	33			33			29				29			'
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	--			--			--				--			'
152		Chikorita	Grass		Grass							28				28			'
153		Bayleef	Grass		Grass							32				32			'
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass							34				34			'
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass	--			--			--				--			'
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal							22				22			'
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal							22				22			'
283		Surskit	Bug	Water				13			13				13			'
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying				--, 13			--, 13				--, 13			'
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel				16			16				16			16
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug				5			5				5			'
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison				37			31				31			'
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying				21			21				21			'
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison							--				--			'
415		Combee	Bug	Flying							--				--			'
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying							--				--			'
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass							17				17			'
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass							37				37			'
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass											3			'
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison											24			'
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison											24			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
046		Paras	Bug	Grass
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass
213		Shuckle*	Bug	Rock
270		Lotad	Water	Grass
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass
495		Snivy	Grass		Grass
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II TM12		III --		IV --		V --		VI --
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	✔												✔
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	✔												✔
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	✔												✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	✔												✔
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	✔												✔
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	✔												✔
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	✔												✔
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔												✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
152		Chikorita	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
153		Bayleef	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	✔												✔
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	✔												✔
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	✔												✔
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	✔												✔
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	✔												✔
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	✔												✔
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug	✔												✔
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel	✔												✔
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	✔												✔
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal	✔												✔
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass	✔												✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation II

#   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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic Wish Egg 0113 Chansey Normal Wish Egg 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0191 Sunkern Grass Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0548 Petilil Grass Dream World - Pleasant Forest 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

Meganium Roserade Foongus Chikorita
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
	Foongus releases a pink powder from its mouth.
Marigold's Foongus	Clash of the Connoisseurs!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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, luring in any nearby Pokémon.
Crys's Parasee	Jumping Jumpluff		None

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: missing outside of battle pics in Generation II and IV

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Outside of battle

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Using Sweet Scent (or honey) inside a shop or Poké Mart in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl may activate a glitch causing the descriptive text of purchasable items to vanish until the player leaves the shop, known as the honey shop glitch.
• Despite its name, it will still attract Pokémon who do not like sweet flavors.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 甜氣 Tián​qì​ Dutch Zoete Geur Finnish Sulotuoksu French Doux Parfum German Lockduft Greek Γλυκιά Ευωδία Italian Profumino Korean 달콤한향기 Dalkomhan Hyanggi Norwegian Søt Duft Brazilian Portuguese Aroma Doce Serbian Slatka Aroma Spanish Dulce Aroma

Variations of the move Flash
Flash • Smokescreen • Sand Attack

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