He had been working for eight days at teaching a pupil who lived in an odour of sanctity.
他已经工作了八天教一个生活在圣洁气味中的学生。
简·爱(原版)
No, —I exaggerate; I never thought there was any consecrating virtue about her: it was rather a sort of pastille perfume she had left; a scent of musk and amber, than an odour of sanctity.
The odour of sanctity (also spelt odor), according to the Catholic Church, is commonly understood to mean a specific scent (often compared to flowers) that emanates from the bodies of saints, especially from the wounds of stigmata.