In 1840 Christian Schonbein followed his nose to identify this form of oxygen & named it from the Greek for "smell"
In his 1840 paper (6) Schnbein remarked that the ... 
Becquerel to give ozone the name electrified oxygen .... Schnbein's nose, and 
smell continued to be an impor- ...... league, W. Vischer, Professor of Greek in 
Basel.