reach one's nostrils

A faint whiff of the smoke had reached his nostrils.

He heard something moving through the underbrush, and the smell of leather reached his nostrils.

He gestured toward the bag as its ripe smell reached his nostrils.

It took a few seconds for the putrid smell to reach her nostrils.

A tinge of gas reached their nostrils, but it wasn't strong enough to bother them.

The smell of burning fur and flesh reached his nostrils.

He was still thinking that when something unpleasant reached his nostrils.

When they found him, the water had just reached his nostrils.

He could not see it, but the odor reached his nostrils.

But just then the smell of coffee reached his nostrils.