still foetid

Barry G. wrote:
"Well, my grandfather DESPISED gardenias, because he
worked in a mortuary as a teen and it reminded him of
embalming, death, and corpses. They were used to cover
up the "mortuary" scent. So it's all how you view it."
To which I reply: Don't you get it? The gardenias were used to cover up the dead, rotting smell?  Your grandfather did a typical transference association of the gardenias with the dead smells, but I am sure if he had only encountered gardenias (or late in the summer, tuberoses)on a warm summer night as he walked up my walkway for a home-cooked meal and good conversation, he would adore the smell as my summer guests do.  I am not saying I want to be covered in this heavy sweetness, but I assure you my summer suppers would have a much different beginning for people if one of those black, phallic death arums were to greet them coming up the walk! LOL!
Anyway, I DO understand their place as botanical curiosities in the wild or REMOTE corners of public collections, I just think masks ought to be issued!
Oh well, anyone who knows me can tell you I'm especially smell sensitive, anyway.
 
Just ruffling feathers,
Karrie Reid
Folsom Fragrant Gardener

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