scentscape
English
Etymology
scent + -scape
Noun
scentscape (plural scentscapes)
- An olfactory environment; the various scents in an environment.
- Synonym: odourscape
- 2012, Brian Clegg, The Universe Inside You, London: Icon Books, Chapter 6, p. 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.