scentscape

English

Etymology

scent +‎ -scape

Noun

scentscape (plural scentscapes)

1. An olfactory environment; the various scents in an environment.

   Synonym: odourscape

   • 2012, Brian Clegg, chapter 6, in The Universe Inside You,‎^[1], London: Icon Books, page 173:

     To a dog, the scentscape of the park is just as important as anything it can see.

   • 2014, Jonathan Reinarz, Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, Chapter 3, p. 111,

     Although some work has examined the way in which the African continent was visualized, Africa’s scentscape remains largely undiscovered.