Drama Title: Scent of A Woman
Korean Title: 여인의 향기
Also Known As: Yeoineui Hyanggi
Chinese Title: 女人的香气
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Place: South Korea
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: July 23 2011 to September 11 2011
Language: Korean
Air time: Saturday and Sunday 21:50
Preceded By:
Followed By: Live in Style
Cast
Kim Sun Ah (김선아) as Lee Yeon Jae
Lee Dong Wook (이동욱) as Kang Ji Wook
Uhm Ki Joon (엄기준) as Chae Eun Suk
Seo Hyo Rim (서효림) as Im Se Kyung
Kim Hye Ok (김혜옥) as Kim Soon Jung (Yeon Jae’s mother)
Sa Hyun Jin (사현진) as Yoo Hye Won
Choi Jung Hoon (최정훈) as Oh Sang Mok
Lee Jung Gil (이정길) as Kang Chul Man (Ji Wook’s father)
Park Jung Sun (박정선) as Park Sang Woo
Kim Kwang Gyu (김광규) as Yoon Bong Kil
Shin Jung Geun (신정근) as Noh Sang Shik
Son Sung Yoon (손성윤) as Nam Na Ri
Nam Gung Won (남궁원) as Im Joong Hee (Se Kyung’s father)
Shin Ji Soo (신지수) as Yang Hee Joo
Cha Ji Yun (차지연) as Cha Ji Yeon
Lee Won-Jong as Andy Wilson
Xiah Joonsoo as Xiah Joonsoo (cameo at episode 5)
Character Descriptions of Scent of a Woman
Production Credits
Director: Park Hyung Ki (박형기)
Scriptwriter: No Ji Sul (노지설)
Producer: A Story (에이스토리)
Plot Summary / Synopsis
A 30-something woman, Lee Yeon Jae (Kim Sun-A), works at travel agency Line Tour as an under appreciated assistant. She’s often tasked to do menial jobs by her boss, but she never refuses out of fear of being fired. Lee Yeon-Jae supports her mother and without her job, she believes she will not be able to get married.
One day, Lee Yeon-Jae goes to the hospital due to a car accident. She meets Dr. Chae Eun-Suk (Uhm Ki-Joon). Since when they’re children, Yeon-Jae and Eun-Suk were friends, but Eun-Suk now acts as if he does not know her. Dr. Eun-Suk informs Yeon-Jae that she has a tumor and needs another examination. Yeon-Jae goes back to the company and asks for a day off to get the medical examination. Instead of getting the day off, Yeon-Jae is assigned to be a guide for high profile client Andy Wilson.
Kang Ji-Wook (Lee Dong-Wook) is the only son of Line Tour’s company president. He is good looking, physically fit, rich and the successor to the company, but he isn’t excited by anything. His father planned his marriage to Im Se-Kyung (Seo Hyo-Rim), the daughter of conglomerate Seo-Jin. Im Se-Kyung is beautiful, but highly arrogant. She’s the one who arranged for musician Andy Wilson’s one day tour.
Meanwhile, the tour for Andy Wilson encounters problem. A misunderstanding caused his lunch to include pork which is forbidden by Andy Wilson’s Muslim religion. Andy Wilson becomes furious and returns to his hotel. To make-up for the misunderstanding, Yeon-Jae visits Andy Wilson’s hotel with traditional Korean rice cake which she believes he may enjoy. Shortly later, Andy Wilson discovers that his ring is missing. Im Se-Kyung and Andy Wilson both suspect that Yeon-Jae stole the ring. Yeon-Jae vehemently denies taking the ring, but she is eventually slapped by Im Se-Kyung.
Yeon-Jae, under a lot of duress, finally goes to the hospital for her re-examination. Yeon-Jae is grimly informed by Dr. Eun-Suk that she has cancer and is expected to live for only 6 more months. Still in shock, Yeon-Jae returns to her office. When her boss starts to pick on her yet again, Yeon-Jae finally reaches her boiling point. She throws her resignation, which she wrote a long time ago, to his face and leaves her job.
Lee Yoon Jae decides to live her life happily and to the fullest after been the grim prognosis, and travel abroad. She meets Kang Ji Wook who falls for her during her luxurious holiday, and his life change drastically.
Episode Ratings (Ranking)
| Date | Episode | Nationwide (TNS) | Seoul (TNS) | Nationwide (AGB Nielson) | Seoul (AGB Nielson) |
| July 23 2011 | 1 | 13.9 (5th) | 15.8 (5th) | 15.8 (4th) | 17.5 (3rd) |
| July 24 2011 | 2 | 13.9 (8th) | 15.1 (8th) | 15.6 (7th) | 19.0 (3rd) |
| July 30 2011 | 3 | 13.1 (5th) | 15.4 (5th) | 15.1 (5th) | 16.8 (4th) |
| July 31 2011 | 4 | 12.5 (5th) | 13.4 (8th) | 15.7 (5th) | 17.8 |
| August 6 2011 | 5 | 16.2 (4th) | 18.5 (4th) | 18.6 (2nd) | 20.6 |
| August 7 2011 | 6 | 17.0 (4th) | 18.6 (4th) | 18.3 (4th) | 20.6 |
| August 13 2011 | 7 | 16.8 (2nd) | 19.6 (3rd) | 18.0 (2nd) | 20.4 |
| August 14 2011 | 8 | 16.7 (3rd) | 19.7 (3rd) | 17.1 (3rd) | 19.1 |
| August 20 2011 | 9 | 17.8 (2nd) | 21.5 (1st) | 18.2 | 20.3 |
| August 21 2011 | 10 | 18.6 (2nd) | 21.9 (2nd) | 18.3 | 20.2 |
| August 27 2011 | 11 | 16.7 (2nd) | 18.8 (2nd) | 18.8 | 21.0 |
| August 28 2011 | 12 | 16.4 (6th) | 18.7 (4th) | 18.8 | 21.3 |
| September 3 2011 | 13 | 16.4 (3rd) | 19.6 (1st) | 17.7 | 19.8 |
| September 4 2011 | 14 | 16.1 (4th) | 18.1 (4th) | 18.2 | 20.4 |
| September 10 2011 | 15 | 15.7 (4th) | 17.1 (4th) | 16.7 | 17.1 |
| September 11 2011 | 16 | 14.1 (4th) | 14.9 (3rd) | 14.1 | 15.4 |
Source: TNmS and AGB Nielson
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