My den nobile smells of mothballs?

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

This just goes on to say that different people smell the same thing differently.
BTW, I have also read that women may experience some change in the olfactory sense depending on the hormonal change in the body.
Someone posted how his wife who really liked certain smell could no longer stand it while she was pregnant. lol

Someone mentioned den. unicum. I agree, whoever said its scent is like tangerine is...well, very different. To me, it smells more like some cheap crayons and I hate it. hahaha
We've talked about Den. kingianum. I also find it very sweet but too strong and there is some weird end note, like ash of some sort. not very pleasant.
no more kingianum for me. hahaha

Now on to nobile hybrids.
Different hybrids have different scent but in general, I would say they are sweet, like honey plus musk sort of. As someone said, Love Memory 'Fizz' is a great example.
I have my Oriental Smile 'Fantasy' in bloom and it is sweet and citrusy at the same time. very pleasant and love it!!!!

Well now that I have smelled more kingianums, I have noted that the different colors seem to smell differently. The first one I smelled was like baby butt powder, but I went ahead and bought one and it is bright purple and smells like wonderful honey. So it isn't all of them that smell bad.

I am beginning to question my whole reality ever since that blue and black (OR IS IT GOLD AND WHITE?!?!?!) because my visual perception of that dress has flip-flopped three times so far and now my feeling about fragrances is getting weird.

I am also reading a book about fragrance chemistry right now that is discussing the process of olfaction, and how anosmias (inability to smell) work. There are anosmias certain people have toward certain chemical families (which allows scientists to better categorize chemicals and functional groups) and I think that is what is at play here with people perceiving orchid fragrances so differently. If there is a whole puzzle making up the smell, but you're missing a big piece, it's gonna be a wreck! haha

I am so fascinated about this I want to study it more!