FLAIR (fler) n.m.

1. The ability to discern by smell. Smell.

"If I believe my old fox's nose, we will have for dinner a poularde with a delicate aroma."
France

2. FIG. Instinctive ability to predict, to guess.
Clairvoyance, intuition, insight, feeling.
To have flair (cf. to have a nose, a fine nose, a hollow nose).

"It did not show itself in an obvious, glaring way; but with her restless flair, she felt it and guessed it."
Maupassant

FLAIR n.p.