Father with a gift that's sweet-scented (8)
I believe the answer is:
fragrant
'that's sweet-scented' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'father with a gift' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fra'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a gift' becomes 'grant' (grant is a kind of gift).
'fra'+'grant'='FRAGRANT'
(Other definitions for fragrant that I've seen before include "Aromatic" , "Pleasantly smelling" , "Pleasant to smell" , "smelling nice" , "bouquet" .)