Do shopping malls use scents to attract people?

I think they do it in order to attract customers...

Maybe it's the shops way of attracting people. or maybe the shop is selling perfume that's why people are attracted by it's scents.

Oh really! I never felt this way. I think they spray good scent so that the ambiance smells fresh. Malls are often enclosed and crowded, not letting in too much of fresh air. People carry different smell and sometimes bad smell. So, such sprays do away the stinking and brings in good fragrance.

I wouldn't be surprised if that is used as yet another subtle way to lure customers. I know they use music and they would put the bakery section up front in supermarkets so that people's sense of smell would be enticed to come in the store. There are so many subtle ways to attract customers to come in, stay longer, and hopefully buy more in stores.

Without any doubt although it is not as prevalent as music for enticing people. The music is often slow and that influences people to relax, move slowly around the shop and look at things for longer. It is a sales technique that works. Shops that play loud music are welcoming to youngsters I have noticed. Smells are attractive, particularly the smell of coffee and fresh bread, but they are only going to work naturally for those specific sales. I imagine that a coffee smell wafting down from a cateferia into the shop beneath could entice people to stop shopping and take a coffee break instead. There must be an art in choosing the appropriate smell.