The article is devoted to the analysis of the concept of "smell" in Russian linguoculture. Each culture has its own specific smells, which are dominant for the bearers of a particular culture and become the identification marks of the ethnos, helping to convey the beauty and depth of the language. The article deals with phraseological units expressing the attitude of different cultures to smells, characterizing through the smell the personality of a person, its behavior, actions, age, state of health. The author of the article notes that smells have culturally relevant values.