Re: Fragrance of Iris - Recruiting Sniffers
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- Subject: Re: Fragrance of Iris - Recruiting Sniffers
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 03:32:15 -0600 (MDT)
At 09:55 PM 4/14/97 -0600, Tanya wrote:
>Greetings Fellow Iris Fans!
>I am a newcomer to the list - a newcomer with a purpose! I am recruiting
>iris sniffers.
>...It is interesting to note that everyone perceives fragrance differently,
>and that the scent of an iris can vary depending on the weather, the time
>of day, and its location.
>Tanya
Tanya, you couldn't be more correct about perception when it comes to iris
fragrance. In fact I've been testing out this theory on my daughter and
wife.
The results:
My 4 year old daughter thinks several irises, including CRIMSON KING smell
like balloons to her! After she said this, I too got a hint of balloon
rubber (latex) smell when I sniffed CK.
I loved the smell of ENGLISH COTTAGE this year and thought it smelled like
grape jelly, but my wife found the stalk I had cut and brought into the
kitchen a bit overpowering. She said that it smelled like southern
magnolias with sugar on them! You can't get much sweeter on the smell
scale than that.:)
Many of the Louisianas I have smelled have either a grapefruit or black
pepper smell to me (note: grapefruit and black pepper smell very much alike
to me anyway).
-Donald
Donald Mosser
Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
dmosser@southconn.com
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5570
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
USDA Zone 7b-8
