Learn Farsi: آنها همیشه از این رایحه‌ی زنانه خوششان می‌آمد.

In Farsi, 'to like' is expressed with an impersonal verb. Instead of 'they liked', the literal structure is 'pleasantness from it was coming to them'. The 'to them' is the pronoun ending شان attached to خوش (pleasant). The verb می‌آمد (was coming) stays in the third-person singular because its grammatical subject is the 'pleasantness', not آنها (they).

Why is the verb می‌آمد instead of the simple past آمد?

The verb می‌آمد is in the past continuous tense, which is used for habits or repeated actions in the past. Because the sentence uses همیشه (always), it describes an ongoing or habitual feeling over a period of time, rather than a single completed event in the simple past.

How does the word زنانه relate to زن (woman)?

Adding the suffix انه to the noun زن (woman) creates the adjective زنانه, meaning 'womanly' or 'feminine'. This is a very common way to make adjectives in Farsi, similar to adding '-ly' in English.

Why is there a ی at the end of رایحه‌ی?

The word رایحه (scent) ends in a silent letter 'heh' which sounds like the vowel 'e'. When linking a word ending in a vowel sound to its adjective using the ezâfe, Farsi adds a ی to bridge the gap. Here it connects the scent to its feminine description, pronounced 'râyehe-ye zanâne'.