Common collocations with whiff in American Collocation

whiff noun singular

US /wɪf/

faint

mere

slight

Though nothing has been proved, a faint whiff of scandal is in the air, with all kinds of questionable land deals and allocations of contracts.

distinct

strong

unmistakable

His conversation was always suffused with a strong whiff of irony.

catch

detect

get

smell

Do I detect a whiff of hypocrisy here?