Both nectar and ambrosia are fragrant, and may be used as perfume: in the Odyssey Menelaus and his men are disguised as seals in untanned seal skins, "and the deadly smell of the seal skins vexed us sore; but the goddess saved us; she brought ambrosia and put it under our nostrils."
Both nectar and ambrosia are fragrant and can be used as perfume. In Homer's Odyssey, Menelaus and his men disguise themselves as seals in untanned seal skins, "and the strong smell of the seal skins bothered us greatly; but the goddess saved us; she brought ambrosia and placed it under our noses."