The Sniffer (Seasons 1–4)

The Sniffer (2013) is a Russian-Ukrainian crime series available to watch online on iFILM. The lead character — played by Ivan Oganesyan and never named outright — has a sense of smell sharp enough to reconstruct a crime from trace scents, detect a lie by body chemistry, and follow a suspect across a crowded space. His partner, detective Morozov (Kirill Kyaro), works from evidence files. The Sniffer works from his nose. The friction between those two approaches runs the whole show.

The series keeps both tracks moving in parallel: procedural cases and the ongoing toll of the ability itself. Hypersmell that cracks murders also makes daily life close to unlivable — food, crowds, strangers. Oganesyan plays it flat, without self-pity, which is what makes the character work across multiple seasons.

Directed by Artyom Litvinenko, the show built a strong following well beyond its original Russian-speaking audience. Stream all episodes of The Sniffer online on iFILM.