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,‎, 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.
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