Strange, I don't smell anything at all on my Psh. cochleata ... waited until the sun hit the plants to see if I was missing something because they live outside. Plenty of fresh flowers... But no, no smell at all. (Psh. radiata, which blooms in late summer, is really fragrant, some people think it's smelly but a different beast altogether. That one smells to me like wintergreen but others sense it as urine or other unpleasant odor)