A young woman's plan to marry the heir to a Chinese incense empire leads to her family's ruin...until she gets a second chance to right her wrongs.
Scent of Time (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1) 10.0
Air date: 2023-10-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: In the tragic aftermath of her family’s conviction, Hua Qian wakes from a mysterious coma and receives a chance to alter her fate.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2023-10-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While Hua Qian attempts to undo her previous mistakes, her new disposition arouses the suspicions of her husband, Zhong Yelan.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2023-10-13
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: As Hua Qian attempts to restore Butler Mu’s reputation, Mu Yao gets a job working for the Zhong family hoping to gather evidence against Hua Qian.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2023-10-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: While Zhong Xiwu puts Hua Qian’s character to the test, Mu Yao reveals her true intentions to Zhong Yelan.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2023-10-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: As Hua Qian attempts to win over Mu Yao, the Zhong family hires a beggar named Hua Rongzhou as their guard.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2023-10-14
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: As Zhong Yelan overhears Hua Qian’s revealing conversation with Zhong Xiwu, Mu Yao gets an offer from a mysterious thief to clear her father’s name.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2023-10-14
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Gravely wounded after an attack on the Zhong family manor, Hua Qian finally reveals the truth to Zhong Yelan.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2023-10-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: While recovering from her injuries, Hua Qian requests a divorce, but instead gets her privileges at home taken away.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2023-10-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: As news of Hua Qian’s request for a divorce spreads, the families involved are thrown into chaos.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2023-10-16
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: At the Zhong family’s incense banquet, the mysterious winner of the annual contest has a strange request for his prize.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2023-10-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After asking the Princess Royal to grant Zhong Yelan permission to marry Mu Yao, Hua Qian fields an offer for a dangerous alliance.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2023-10-17
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While Zhong Yelan prepares to take Mu Yao as a concubine, Hua Qian’s brother Hua Shen finds himself facing punishment for the death of a young maid.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 2023-10-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After Mu Yao accuses Hua Shen of behaving inappropriately towards her, Hua Qian must confront a harsh truth.
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 2023-10-18
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: When a distressed Hua Qian isolates herself, Zhong Xiwu takes her into the city in an effort to cheer her up.
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2023-10-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: As Hua Qian negotiates her brother’s freedom, Zhong Yelan continues his refusal to grant her a divorce.
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 2023-10-20
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: While Mu Yao pleads with Zhong Yelan to set Hua Shen free, Hua Qian gives her father an ultimatum.
Episode 17 (Episode 17)
Air date: 2023-10-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Assassins attack Zhong manor during their Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, resulting in deadly consequences for the Hua family.
Episode 18 (Episode 18)
Air date: 2023-10-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While the Hua family mourns one of their own, Zhong Xiwu finally confesses his feelings to Hua Qian.
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Air date: 2023-10-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: As Hua Qian pledges to avenge her brother’s death, Hua Rongzhou falls into a coma.
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 2023-10-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After an uncomfortable run-in with Meng Yifei, Hua Qian investigates the masterminds behind Hua Shen’s death.
Episode 21 (Episode 21)
Air date: 2023-10-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Hua Qian forces Mu Yao to help investigate the identity of Hua Shen’s killer and tell Zhong Yelan of her role in the attack.
Episode 22 (Episode 22)
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: While Zhong Xiwu exposes Hua Rongzhou’s past, Hua Qian finally learns the identity of Hua Shen’s killer and his intended target.
Episode 23 (Episode 23)
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Vowing to get him out of prison, Hua Qian enlists Zhong Yelan’s help in tracking down Hua Rongzhou’s accusers.
Episode 24 (Episode 24)
Air date: 2023-10-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After Zhong Xiwu reveals he has proof of Butler Hua’s crimes, Hua Qian must decide how to best move forward.
Episode 25 (Episode 25)
Air date: 2023-10-27
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: As Zhong Yelan and Zhong Xiwu clash over business, Hua Qian decides to take responsibility of her father’s crimes.
Episode 26 (Episode 26)
Air date: 2023-10-28
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Zhong Xiwu goes to great lengths to protect Hua Qian, causing concern among his allies and his mother, the Princess Royal.
Episode 27 (Episode 27)
Air date: 2023-10-29
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Perceiving Hua Qian as a threat to Zhong Xiwu’s lordship, the Princess Royal arranges a deadly plan.
Episode 28 (Episode 28)
Air date: 2023-10-31
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: While Hua Rongzhou remains determined to find Hua Qian, Zhong Xiwu makes major changes to the manor.
Episode 29 (Episode 29)
Air date: 2023-11-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After starting fresh in a new town, Hua Qian finally reunites with both Hua Rongzhou and Zhong Xiwu.
Episode 30 (Episode 30)
Air date: 2023-11-01
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Hua Qian has an unexpected wakeup call that alters her reality – and forces her to make a choice that will change her life forever.
Seasons
Episodes 30