General Chat

I think we all can appreciate the perfume of flowers and plants.

My DIL gave me a bunch of Freesias the other day and they smell lovely.
They are one of my favourites amongst many others.

I don't need a bouquet of expensive flowers, I'll settle for a simple
bunch of flowers any day. :-)

I have freesias on my table now, my favourite too Emma <3

Me too Emma.

I love flowers and especially freesias. I cut some rose buds yesterday to bring into the house.
take care
Von

Every time I come into the room it makes me smile,
the perfume is beautiful.

I also love the look of Rose buds Von and when they open
another gorgeous smell.

I love lilies
But sadly because i have pets
they are banned from my home :-( :-(

My OH doesn't like the perfume of Lilies
Joy, too strong for him, I like the look and
scent of them. :-)

:-D :-D :-D

Forgot to add but not the mess they make
on the table :-D

And if you get the pollen on your best top
it doesn't come off no matter how good a stain remover you try :-( :-(

Still got that top Joy ;-)

Freesias were my darling late Dad's favourite. While he was in hospital waiting to pass he always had some at his bedside. They are always what I buy for him every time I lay flowers in his memory <3 <3 <3 <3

These last few weeks I have been treating myself to some flowers . At the moment it's a bouquet of roses and white lilies .

I buy them as rose buds and closed trumpets of lilies and as they open up I cut out the pollen stamens so they don't drop and stain the sideboard which is a light wood

The perfume of the lilies is very strong .almost a bit overpowering too but I love flowers and am enjoying them whilst I can

I have joined the local horticultural society and am hopeful to learn some flower arranging designs

There is something in the garden that smell wonderful and I don't know what it is or even if it is in the front or back garden but, occasionally, there is a waft of it upstairs.

One year we had pots of night scented stocks on the flat roof of the wet room so they wafted in during the night.

Fred's Daphne Odora bush is by the front wall and that gives us some wonderful scent at a time of year when there is nothing much else smelling lovely.

I have a Daphne Odora - fantastic smell

Love lilac, roses, white violets - which I don't seem to find any more, freesias, stocks, sweet Williams, lilies, hyacinths especially

Love the perfumes of freesias, roses(although I dislike rose perfume, bath oil etc), wallflowers, sweet peas, carnations (pinks), Mahonia, lilac, hyacinths, Lily of the Valley lavender, night scented stock, Nicotiana and probably lots more. :-)

Enjoy all that has been mentioned plus Sweet Peas

Edit....just noticed that you mentioned sweet peas Ann :-)

Sharron, privet is in flower at the moment - and that is VERY powerful - could it be that?.
Lovely in small doses, but I find it overpowering when I walk right by it.

Love freesias, sweet peas, roses, etc

can't stand lilies, hyacinths, and others with strong overpowering scent

Lovely to look at, but not inside the house for me!!



maggie .............. I more often think of privet as smelling of cat p* :-D

That's Elder, Sylvia.
Yesterday, I was taking my usual lunchtime walk, when a pungent smell hit me from behind a hedge.
'Mmmm', though I, 'Is that the elder?'
Walking back, there was no smell.
'Oh' I realised, 'It was those two young lads from the industrial estate I caught behind the hedge last week, having their lunchtime joint ' :-D

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we don't have elder much over here ....... but there are a few privet hedges around, and I smell cat p*