Sweet Scent (move)

Sweet Scent あまいかおり Sweet Scent

A sweet scent that lowers the foe's evasiveness. It also lures wild Pokémon if used in grass, etc.

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 Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects both foes

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM12 in Generation II

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

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

Sweet Scent on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sweet Scent on Eevee's Movedex

Sweet Scent (Japanese: あまいかおり Sweet Scent) is a non-damaging Normal-type 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.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 25 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 29 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 29 043 Oddish Grass Poison 7 044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 7 045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 30 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 33 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 182 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 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 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 152 Chikorita Grass 153 Bayleef Grass 154 Meganium Grass 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 182 Bellossom Grass 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 191 Sunkern Grass 192 Sunflora Grass 204 Pineco Bug 205 Forretress Bug Steel 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 241 Miltank Normal 251 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 213 Shuckle Bug Rock Butterfree Beedrill Paras, Parasect Venonat, Venomoth Ledyba, Ledian Pineco, Forretress 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 25 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 29 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 29 043 Oddish Grass Poison 7 044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 7 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 30 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 33 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 182 Bellossom Grass -- 283 Surskit Bug Water 13 284 Masquerain Bug Flying -- 13 303 Mawile Steel 16 314 Illumise Bug 5 315 Roselia Grass Poison 37 357 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 046 Paras Bug Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Surskit, Masquerain Roselia Tropius 213 Shuckle Bug Rock Surskit, Masquerain 270 Lotad Water Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Surskit, Masquerain Roselia Tropius 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 21 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 23 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 23 043 Oddish Grass Poison 5 044 Gloom Grass Poison -- 5 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 29 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 29 071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 152 Chikorita Grass 28 153 Bayleef Grass 32 154 Meganium Grass 34 182 Bellossom Grass -- 216 Teddiursa Normal 22 217 Ursaring Normal 22 283 Surskit Bug Water 13 284 Masquerain Bug Flying -- 13 303 Mawile Steel 16 314 Illumise Bug 5 315 Roselia Grass Poison 31 357 Tropius Grass Flying 21 407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 415 Combee Bug Flying -- 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying -- 455 Carnivine Grass 17 492 Shaymin Land Forme Grass 37 492 Shaymin Sky Forme 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

#   Pokémon Type Father 046 Paras Bug Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Surskit, Masquerain Roselia, Roserade Tropius Combee Carnivine 191 Sunkern Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Roselia, Roserade Tropius Carnivine 213 Shuckle Bug Rock Surskit, Masquerain Combee 270 Lotad Water Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Surskit, Masquerain Roselia, Roserade Tropius Carnivine 420 Cherubi Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, Bellossom Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Mawile Roselia, Roserade Tropius Carnivine 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.

In the anime

A sweet scent that lowers the foe's evasiveness. It also lures wild Pokémon if used in grass.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Chikorita	Chikorita waves the leaf on its head and a pink powder comes out of it, making the opponent relax.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header		Debut
Ash's Chikorita	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Weepinbell	Weepinbell releases a pink powder its mouth, making the opponent relax. Outside of battle, it makes other Pokémon come towards it in a trance-like state.
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid		None
Illumise	Illumise releases a pink powder from out of its wings.
Juliet's Illumise	Love at First Flight		None
Oddish	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 come to it.
Eliza's Oddish	I Feel Skitty!		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

• Spanish: Dulce Aroma
• Italian: Profumino
• Dutch: Zoete Geur

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