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After kissing her out of impulse, then I sniffed her.
I checked it in dictionary but I really did not find. Sorry if it looks immoral. Actually I changed it but it still looks bad. The original text actually had a fetish content. Really sorry.
This is actual context:
I took another whiff, longer this time. Ahh how great it smelled. Out of impulse, I then sniffed the outside parts of the boots, they too were very good.
It is in the same province with the expressions "out of anger", "out of jealousy", "out of fear." It means to do something without forethought, when you have a sudden strong wish to do something.
