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Flower Scent
What is your favorite, if you have a favorite, is there a why it is your favorite?
Flower of a graperfruit tree for me
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When I was a young kid, I always loved the scent of lilac bushes that I walked passed on my way to/from school.
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05-22-2008, 06:43 AM
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hmm, picking a favorite is very difficult. Jasmine, Honeysuckle, and Gardenia are all tied for the lead. Orange blossom would probably come in second to the above.
I guess because growing up, I've been around them at various times, and they smell really good. On a vaguely related note, I find the smell of strawberries intoxicating, but they aren't flowers.
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Gardenia.
My grandmother grew them and they have remained my favorite, most nostalgic scent. Their fragrance always brings back memories of hot summer days on the outskirts of Dallas; like instant access to some really old files stored in my brain. 
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Living in citrus country, there's nothing like driving along on a warm may/June day smelling the orange blossoms from the Valencia groves.
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Convallaria majalis
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05-22-2008, 08:09 AM
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I'm with Jim and the lilacs.
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sensitive bunch here.
for me it is wet sod and freshly cut grass.
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05-22-2008, 10:37 AM
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Either Honeysuckle, apple blooms, or locust trees.
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napalm, eh just kidding, the gardenia's are in bloom at the house. it always brings back memories of the grandmother.
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Mornings in Hawaii when the air is still, there is nothing like the smell of mango blossoms.
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AV Gas, MEK, Klotz R50 2 -stroke oil, burned gunpowder and model airplane fuel..... makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I guess I somehow missed out on learning about flower types/smells as a kid. (not that there is anything wrong with that
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The Amorphophallus titanum
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If that thing smells so good, why the gas mask?
I have read that scent is one of the more powerful senses with respect to its ability to make you call forth a memory
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That's a Titan arum or "corpse flower".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_arum Apparently it smells like a rotting corpse. Besides its putrid scent, it has "the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world". |
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