Re: oriental lilies
At 09:17 AM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hi all.
>OK, am I the ONLY one out here who can't tolerate the smell of oriental
>lilies? Intoxicating is the word for it...they make me feel like I've
>had 6 bourbons and a fifth of gin! (as in "not good", lest ye think I'm
>an alcoholic!) Our new viburnum Burkwoodi are now fully in bloom and I
>was so looking forward to their famed fragrance... they smell just like
>the lilies! Is it just me?
Hi Barb,
No, you are not the only one!!! I hate the smell!! It
smells like the formalin that was used to preserve the
human cadavers we dissected in college. Yuck. However,
to be fair, I *do* think they are stunningly beautiful....
Robin
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