About the Journal
SCENT is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research on smell culture, olfactory technology, scent art, and related fields. It serves as a key platform for researchers, scholars, and practitioners to share cutting-edge findings and insights that deepen understanding of the olfactory realm and its societal impacts.
Unlike traditional scent-focused publications, SCENT emphasizes rigorous academic inquiry, bridging disciplines such as cultural studies, neuroscience, chemistry, and design. Its mission is to foster cross-field dialogue, exploring how smell shapes human behavior, culture, and technology, along with the ethical and historical dimensions of olfactory practices.
Key focus areas include smell culture, olfactory technology innovations, scent art, olfactory neuroscience, and the ethics of scent production. The journal publishes original research, reviews, and case studies, all subject to strict double-blind peer review, welcoming submissions from established and emerging scholars alike, as well as industry practitioners.
As a leading publication in olfactory studies, SCENT aims to elevate smell as a central academic topic, challenging its historical neglect. Available in print and digital formats, it ensures global accessibility, guided by a diverse editorial board of international experts committed to scholarly excellence.
Current Issue
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): A Digital Olfactory Ecosystem with Aroma Cloud
Against the backdrop of the escalating mental health challenges in the digital age, this study proposes the Aroma Cloud system, an innovative digital ecosystem for olfactory-based emotional regulation that integrates multi-modal emotion recognition, neuro-aromatherapy, and digital twin technology. By constructing an "emotion-olfaction" digital twin system, this ecosystem realizes a closed-loop therapeutic path of real-time emotional recognition, intelligent fragrance matching, and molecular-level atomization release, breaking the technical gap between emotion recognition and aromatherapy. This paper systematically elaborates on the research background, theoretical foundation, system design, user experience, key influencing factors, and core regulation mechanisms of the Aroma Cloud system, and further prospects its multi-scenario application and industrial development potential. The research results show that the Aroma Cloud system has significant effects on emotional soothing at both psychological and physiological levels, providing a novel non-invasive, personalized solution for public emotional health management and opening up a new paradigm for human-computer emotional interaction in the digital era.
Published:
05/01/2026
