Christophe Courteau / Male Leopard (Panthera pardus) licking African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) dung, attracted by the smell of potential prey, South Africa.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), Büchelberg, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in spring pelage /coat sniffing scent on grasses, Scotland, UK, April.

Albert Lleal / Geranium (Pelargonium crispum) flower stile and stigma

Cyril Ruoso / Asian taro (Alocasia odora) leaves, Yakushima Island, Japan, December.

Albert Lleal / Geranium (Pelargonium crispum) leaf, magnified 700 times, showing glands, stomata, and trichomes, Barcelona, Spain

Juan Carlos Munoz / Person standing with their arms outstretched in Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Dried Lavender (Lavendula) in bundles, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July.

Nick Upton / Close up of Great scented / Snakeskin Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum) stalked sporangia, Cornwall, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Clump of Great scented / Snakeskin Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum) with stalked sporangia, growing by a woodland stream, Cornwall, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Clump of Great scented / Snakeskin Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum) with stalked sporangia, growing by a woodland stream, Cornwall, UK, March.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Sweet-scented jonquil (Narcissus poeticus subsp. radiiflorus) and Goldenrod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) Europe, May. meetyourneighbours.net project