What's the Appropriate Word to Say You're 'Dazzled' by a Nice Smell?

Solution 1:

Intoxicate: to excite or please (someone) in a way that suggests the effect of alcohol or a drug.

I was intoxicated by the intoxicating aroma coming from the kitchen

Solution 2:

Bewitched or any of its many near synonyms seems appropriate:

To place under one's power by or as if by magic; cast a spell over. - TFD

captivated, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, transfixed, etc.

Rudd brands, arrived at Anchor in 2011 and was immediately mesmerized by the aroma of hops permeating the brewery and distillery. - Weekly Pint

Solution 3:

I would use drawn (by or to), especially for the aroma of food or drink. It is also a good fit for the pictures that you provided. In the cartoons, the characters are physically drawn to the aroma and it is a depiction of this figurative speech.

Entering the market you are immediately drawn by the aroma of freshly baked apple cider donuts coming from the ovens. [Daily Collegian]


It Makes No Scents Researcher Says Women Drawn By The Aroma Of Male Sweat [philly.com]

You can consider lured or allured if it is a scent like of a flower or perfume. You can apply to animals too.

Bees are lured by the scent of flowers.

She was lured by the smell of his aftershave.

Solution 4:

Personally I would use overpowered, or overcome.

I was overcome by the aroma of baking bread, which reminded me that I had not eaten for 24 hours.

Dazzling has to do with light, and the eyes - something altogether different.

Solution 5:

I was bedazzled by the aroma of peaches and pineapples coming from the kitchen.

bedazzle - To dazzle so completely as to make blind, to please irresistibly, enchant TFD