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Since: usually means because. "Puppy, since you don't sign into your IMs, I can't chat with you, privately, any longer." Scents: aromas or odors. "Puppy, you really should stop wearing 11 different fragrances at once...the combination of that many scents drives us mere mortals to distraction." Sense: to understand or feel. "Puppy, I sense you're not happy, evidenced by your frown, with my remarks about your tendency to wear 11 different fragrances at once." While humorous (I hope), these should give you a good "sense" (understanding or feeling) of when to use which term. Hope it helps. 
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| Posts: 2219 | Location: denver, co, usa | Registered: 07-22-02 |    |
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Puppy, I see you're a pumpkin again (for now).
'Sinse' is not a word. 'Sence' is not a word on its own, only as part of words such as 'presence'.
'Since' can mean 'because', as Sonnet says. It has other meanings also, to do with time. 'Since I was a child', 'long since dead', 'it has since changed' are just some examples. A link didn't work, but look 'since' up in the Merriam-Webster link at the top of the page and you will see.
'Scents' can also be a verb. 'When my dog scents a fox ...', 'lavender scents the air' - always to do with smell.
'Sense' - a verb as Sonnet says, or a noun. As a noun, it can also have other meanings to do with intelligence. 'I hope you have more sense than to do that'. Again the M-W link will give you more detail.
How you remember which to use I have no idea, but since we have helped you to make sense of it I hope you will now follow up the scents we have given you, since it is a sense that scents the scents.
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