Abstract Smells can evoke strong emotions and convey social meanings associated with people and places. This study explored the perceptual process of smellscape perceptions through a case study in Sheffield Railway Station and Bus Interchange. Walk-along interviews were used to collect data on people's perceptions onsite. It aims to understand how people make sense of their emotions triggered by smells in real life context, in relation to the physical space and onsite environment as well as their subjectivities. Nine perceptual patterns emerged in participants' sense-makings of smellscapes: recognising or identifying, associating, locating, evaluating, anticipating, contextualising comparing, generalising and personalising. A perceptual process model has been constructive from the empirical data mapping the interrelationships between smells, spaces and emotions. The findings from this paper contributes to the theoretical understanding of ‘perception’ in the smellscape concept. The perceptual process model provides a framework to interpret and communicate smellscapes in future design and planning practice.

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了解气味景观：对气味触发的情绪进行感知

摘要 气味可以唤起强烈的情感，传达与人和地方相关的社会意义。本研究通过谢菲尔德火车站和巴士交汇处的案例研究探讨了嗅觉感知的感知过程。步行访谈用于收集有关人们现场看法的数据。它旨在了解人们如何理解现实生活中气味引发的情绪，与物理空间和现场环境以及他们的主观性有关。在参与者对气味景观的感知中出现了九种感知模式：识别或识别、关联、定位、评估、预测、背景化比较、概括和个性化。根据映射气味、空间和情绪之间相互关系的经验数据，感知过程模型具有建设性。本文的发现有助于对气味景观概念中的“感知”的理论理解。感知过程模型提供了一个框架，用于在未来的设计和规划实践中解释和传达气味景观。