Hi Mona:
I think your specific content area you teach in is a wonderful "lab" for utilizing the power of sensory stimulation in learning. It probably could be designed into a course because theres so much benefit to students.
For your question about smell, I am going to suggest sight to augment smell. For instance, you could blindfold your students, pass around different fabrics or materials, and by touch smell, malleability, etc., have them try to describe the sample item. I could see this helping them describe a fabrics texture later on to clients based on this learning tool.
Regards, Barry