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Originally Posted by Leafmite
My unpopular opinions:
Most orchids said to smell like jasmine do not smell like jasmine. And roses...there is a variety of rose fragrance. Do you mean old fashion rose? Or do you mean the roses that have no fragrance at all?
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Most orchids I found that were sold to me as smelling like jasmine smell more like library paste or some kind of rubber cement. I agree that rose fragrance is very diverse. I think they mean damask rose scent when rose fragrance is referenced but I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by Leafmite
It just annoys me when people compare the fragrances of orchids to the fragrance of flowers or other fragrances that they have clearly never smelled.
Oh and my new Zygopetalum are supposed to smell like hyacinths. I have some of those come up every spring and so we shall see....
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I don’t think I have ever smelled a Zygo that actually smelled like hyacinths, even though they are all marketed that way. To me, they all smell like Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) fruit. The only orchid I have that actually approximates hyacinth to my nose is Den. Comet King ‘Akatsuki’
I do tend to describe orchid fragrances using other plants or foods but, I never use something vague or something I have never smelled before.
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