WHY don't sellers describe fragrance?! It is killing mee!!

[astrid]

Guys!!

I am so sick of sellers labeling everything simply as "fragrant!"

From a phal violacea to a bulbophyllum phalaenopsis, ALL they write is "fragrant"!

I know many people describe smells in many different ways. I get that. And many of us have specific anosmias that keep us from smelling particular chemical compounds as well, which makes it harder to uniformly describe a smell in a "perfect" way.

Clearly, many bulbophyllums smell bad. Clearly, many cattleyas smell good. But there is no single database that I know of that allows me to know the smell - good or bad - of certain plants! Argh!!!

I wish we could all wrangle up every online seller and say, "Look! If this plant smells sweet, neutral, spicy, or like a dang corpse, can you please please please just qualify it somehow???"

I am so annoyed.
Even this website describes half the plants simply as "fragrant": Orchid Fragrance Information

Surely plants can have a general concensus of "pretty good for most people" and "probably don't put it in your living room" ... right?

Do you guys know any better databases? Should I just ask about fragrance on here every dang time I have a question?

I know there are thousands upon thousands of species and hybrids as well, but you'd think a nursery growing a particular orchid would have taken a whiff once or twice??