"A pleasant aroma for Hashem"

     “A pleasant aroma to/for Hashem"  This is the terminology used in the Torah with regards to korbanot, offerings brought to Hashem, and then fully or partially burnt on one of the two altars, the outer copper altar and the golden altar. The golden altar was also called the incense altar. As we do not believe that G-d enjoys the sense of smell as people do, we can look deeper into this anthropomorphism.

     What does G-d get out of having created mankind? He has no ego which requires glory. G-d’s creating of the world is looked at as altruistic act. He brought into existence beings which can experience pleasure, while G-d Himself does not. Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato in his book, “Derech Hashem” points out that the best pleasure is earned. Being created in G-d’s image, we are hardwired to find higher levels of pleasure as we approach, join together with Hashem, our Source in becoming less self-centered, and more concerned about others. To quote the Bishop of London from the Royal Wedding, “the more we give of self, the richer we become in soul.”
     We are not going to delve now into the more important topic of How do we give to Hashem. This is of course through the mitzvoth, the commandments and various good deeds. Focusing on What does G-d want out of us, and what does that have to do with the anthropomorphism of, “a satisfying aroma to Hashem.”
       Fortunately I submit, the answer is simple. In Genesis 2, verse 7, the text reads,
  "וַיִּ֩יצֶר֩ ה' אֱלֹקִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה:"
“Hashem Elokim formed humankind, dust from the ground, He breathed into his nose, the soul of life, and mankind became a living soul.”
Anthropomorphically, Hashem gave humankind life through breath, through our nose, so when we give back to Hashem by doing things which justify our existence, this is symbolically represented through the sense of smell, by giving a “satisfying aroma to Hashem.” The shoresh of korbanot, offerings is ק.ר.ב. which are the root letters for the concept of coming close, that these offerings brings us closer to Hashem, and as was mentioned above, coming closer and reuniting with Hashem is the goal of creation. And while we are not focusing on How korbanot would bring a person closer to Hashem as there were a myriad of reasons from holidays, sins, guilt, thanksgiving. etc... why a person might bring an offering, at each of the offerings a person was trying to become closer to Hashem. and they were sacrificing their ownership of an animal, flour, oil, fruits, etc...to give it either to be burnt up to Hashem and/or to be eaten by the kohanim and/or to be shared with others. So at all times, a person was, through his or her possessions, becoming less self-centered and more concerned about Hashem and others. This is a “satisfying aroma to Hashem.”
For further investigation:
1) The Neshama Yeteira, the additional soul (connection to  
    Hashem/conscientiousness) we Jewish people are given on Shabbat 
    and are smelling of spices at havdala to make up for temporarily
    losing the neshama yeteira.
2) Noach