For herbalists and chandlers, how about potpourri item recipes that add a temporary room scent/smell effects?
Pyres make the grid smell like pork and doom, these items would influence just one room but allow for customization. Or if it's easier from the code perspective, maybe create a limited number of scents like we have perfumes.
Possible options: sweet rushes, potpourri (HELP LITHMORRAN ARCHITECTURE), incense, flower garlands, herb bundles, scented lamp oil, scented candles. Grand bouquets.
And for less refined locales: Camp fire (smoky smell), manure, cover scent (animalic).