Application of Aromatherapy in Public Space in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the mental health of the public. In such a severe situation, aromatherapy can be applied to the daily life and injected into public Spaces such as parks and street green space, which can help the healthy development of the society. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the aromatherapy and its functions so far and explore the application of aromatherapy in landscape architecture. Based on healing garden case analysis of different groups, such as the elderly, rehabilitation trainers, people with disabilities and people with mental disorders, the following points should be paid attention to when aromatherapy is applied in public space (1) the main purpose of aromatherapy is to relieve people’s pessimism, anxiety, depression and other psychological problems;(2) Aromatherapy should be placed where people are exposed to it on a daily basis. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.