The Bechor Shor on Toldos explains after Yiztchak said Hakol kol yaakov, vehayadayim yidei Eisav, he had two conflicting pieces of information: 1) voice is Yaakov 2) feels like Eisav. So he asked Yaakov to come close to kiss him and smelled the begadim - because they were Eisavs' clothes, they smelled a bit like Eisav (or the fields that Eisav frequented), so Yitzchak was machriya that the person who brought him food was Eisav.
I am not aware of halachik discussions based on recognizing something as smell, but there may be sources out there. Please comment if you have something.
Previous posts on testifying based on Voice (tevias ayin d'kol):
first, second, and third
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