[medit-plants] Re: I have a plant id also!

20% of men are lacking the gene to smell their own body odor, which I think explains a lot. But more on this topic, I was once talking about how much I love the smell of the gardenias in bloom by my front door and someone else told me they hated them because they reminded them of funerals.

Karrie Reid
Env. Hort. Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension
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On Jun 12, 2019, at 2:02 PM, Richard Turner <r*@gmail.com> wrote:

About 15% of the world’s population cannot smell freesias. I’m among them. It’s a select group of people lacking a certain gene.

Richard


On Jun 12, 2019, at 10:12 AM, Gail A. Klein <g*@stanford.edu> wrote:

Not that it’s relevant but I can’t smell my freesias!

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On Jun 12, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Sean A. O'Hara <s*@gimcw.org> wrote:

Steve -

I'm afraid I am in your wife's camp!  Something about the scent of this flower makes feel physically ill.  It is the same with 'paper white' narcissus and Cestrum nocturnum, both powerfully scented.  Even at a distance, I find the effect too much to take.

I read a book years ago about fragrances and their effect upon us, both psychological and physical.  It was interesting to be informed that the above plants all produce similar chemical compounds in their airborne fragrances.   I was also gratified to have explained that these particular compounds also elicited polar opposites reactions in people, depending upon their particular 'noses'.

Years of consulting with garden owners taught me that not do each of our 'eyes' process color and other visual stimuli differently, our noses are unique as well.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:14 PM Steven Vance <s*@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the help. But my wife won't budge! She can't take this particular smell.
Oh well.
Steve

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 11:39 Rosie Peddle <r*@thebtf.net> wrote:
Trachalospermum jasminoides is my guess, and, for the record - we grow it and we love the perfume..........

> On 4 Jun 2019, at 16:53, Steven Vance <s*@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My wife and I saw this vine recently.
> She hates the smell but I find it a wonderful fragrance.
> Interesting that our noses feel so differently about this flower!
> I curious to know more and would like to learn the proper id of this flower.
> Steve
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