Think about mother producing a scent container (8)
I believe the answer is:
pomander
'a scent container' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'think about mother' is the wordplay.
'think' becomes 'ponder' (pondering is a kind of thinking).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'ponder' going around 'ma' is 'POMANDER'.
'producing' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pomander that I've seen before include "Perfume container" , "Ball of perfume" , "spicy old bag" , "Scented sachet or ball" , "Ball of perfumes" .)