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1	Narcissus 'Duke of Bedford' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	fine keen fragrance	Flowers	Faint
2	Narcissus 'Empress' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	Magnolia-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
3	Narcissus 'Grand Soleil D'Or' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	like a mixture of pineapple,orange and banana	Flowers	Mild
4	Narcissus 'Horsfieldi' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	Magnolia-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
5	Narcissus 'Victoria' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	strong vanilla like fragrance	Flowers	Strong
6	Narcissus 'W.P. Milner' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	delicate transparent cowslip-like fragrance	Flowers	Faint
7	Narcissus 'Will Scarlet' NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	like a ripe pear	Flowers	Mild
8	*Narcissus gracilis* NARCISSACEAE	jonquil	especially fine fragrance.	Flowers	Strong
9	*Narcissus jonquilla* NARCISSACEAE	jonquil	concentrated sweetness.	Flowers	Strong
10	*Narcissus juncifolius* NARCISSACEAE	jonquil	powerfully sweet for such a small flower.	Flowers	Strong
11	*Narcissus leedsii* NARCISSACEAE	star daffodil	fine perfume	Flowers	Faint
12	*Narcissus minor* NARCISSACEAE	daffodil	richly fragrant.	Flowers	Strong
13	*Narcissus odorus* NARCISSACEAE	Campernelle jonquil	concentrated sweetness.	Flowers	Strong
14	*Narcissus poeticus* NARCISSACEAE	poet's narcissus sweet Nancy	strong, best kept outdoors	Flowers	Overpowering
15	*Narcissus triandrus* NARCISSACEAE		very highly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
16	*Nelumbium luteum*	yellow lotus water chinkapin	magnolia-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
17	*Nelumbium speciosum*	sacred bean of India Egyptian lotus	delicate magnolia-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
18	*Nelumbo lutea* NELUMBONACEAE	American lotus	Magnolia-like fragrance; more notable at night	Flowers	Mild
19	*Nepeta* NEPETACEAE	catnip catmint	medicinal odor	Leaves	Mild
20	*Nephrodium aemulum*	buckler fern	hay scented	Leaves	Mild
21	*Nephrodium monthanum*	mountain buckler fern	apple scented	Leaves	Mild
22	*Nephrodium rigidum*	rigid fern	apple scented	Leaves	Mild
23	*Nerium odorum*	sweet scented oleander	almond scented	Flowers	Mild
24	*Nicotiana alata* NICOTIANACEAE	jasmine tobacco flowering tobacco	fragrant flowers. strongly fragrant at night	Flowers	Strong
25	*Nigritella suaveolens* ORCHIDACEAE	vanilla orchid	delicate perfume	Flowers	Faint
26	*Nothopanax colensoi* ARALIACEAE		heavily scented	Flowers	Overpowering
27	*Nyctanthes arbor-tristis* NYCTANTHACEAE	night-flowering jasmine tree-of-sorrow tree of sadness	night scented	Flowers	Mild
28	*Nycterinia capensis* SCROPHULARIACEAE		vanilla scented in the evening	Flowers	Mild
29	Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea NYMPHAEACEAE	waterlily	vanilla scented	Flowers	Mild
30	Nymphaea odorata var. gigantea NYMPHAEACEAE	great white pondlily	deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
31	Nymphaea odorata var. minor NYMPHAEACEAE	white pondlily	deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
32	Nymphaea odorata var. rosea NYMPHAEACEAE	white pondlily	deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
33	*Odontoglossum citrosmum*	epiphytic orchid	rose scented	Flowers	Mild
34	*Odontoglossum pulchellum*	epiphytic orchid	vanilla scented	Flowers	Mild
35	*Oenothera biennis* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	night scented	Flowers	Mild
36	*Oenothera caespitosa* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	night scented of lemon and tuberose	Flowers	Mild
37	*Oenothera californica* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	fragile night perfume	Flowers	Faint
38	*Oenothera campylocalyx* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	delightful nighttime fragrance	Flowers	Mild
39	*Oenothera exima* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	night scented	Flowers	Mild
40	*Oenothera odorata* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	night scented	Flowers	Mild
41	*Oenothera taraxacifolia* OENOTHERACEAE	evening-primrose	night scented	Flowers	Mild
42	*Oncidium incurvum*	epiphytic orchid	lilic scented	Flowers	Mild
43	*Oncidium ornithorhynchum*	epiphytic orchid	very fragrant rose and elder scents	Flowers	Strong
44	*Onosma albo-roseum* ONOSMACEAE		almond-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
45	*Onosma tauricum* ONOSMACEAE	golden drop	honey fragrance	Flowers	Mild
46	*Orchis fusca* ORCHIDACEAE	terrestrial orchid	flowers and leaves both have a sweet hay-like scent	Flowers Leaves	Mild
47	*Orchis maculata* ORCHIDACEAE	spotted orchis	powerfully scented in the evening	Flowers	Overpowering
48	*Orchis mascula* ORCHIDACEAE	purple orchid salep purple orchis	pleasantly vanilla scented upon opening, disagreeable as they fade.	Flowers	Mild
49	*Orchis morio* ORCHIDACEAE	green wing orchis	pleasantly scented upon opening, disagreeable as they fade	Flowers	Mild
50	*Orchis spectabilis* ORCHIDACEAE	showy orchid	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
51	*Ornithogalum arabicum* ORNITHOGALACEAE		fragrant perfume	Flowers	Mild
52	*Osmanthus americana* OLEACEAE	devilwood	highly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
53	*Osmanthus delavayi* OLEACEAE		delicious fragrance	Flowers	Mild
54	*Osmanthus fortunei* OLEACEAE		highly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
55	*Osmanthus fragrans* OLEACEAE	sweet osmanthus sweet olive tea olive	highly fragrant flowers.	Flowers	Strong
56	*Osmarea burkwoodii* OLEACEAE		exquisitely sweet	Flowers	Mild
57	*Oxalis enneaphylla* OXALIDACEAE		almond scented	Leaves	Mild
58	*Oxyanthus isthmia* RUBIACEAE	needle flower	intense and delicious aroma	Flowers	Strong
59	Paeonia 'Jessie Shaylor' PAEONIACEAE	peony	especially sweet scented	Flowers	Mild
60	Paeonia 'John M. Good' PAEONIACEAE	peony	richly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
61	Paeonia 'Lamartine' PAEONIACEAE	peony	very sweet	Flowers	Strong
62	Paeonia 'Nell Shaylor' PAEONIACEAE	peony	scent of a tea rose	Flowers	Faint
63	*Paeonia albiflora* PAEONIACEAE	peony	rose scent	Flowers	Mild
64	*Pancratium illyricum* PANCRATIACEAE		sweetly scented	Flowers	Mild
65	*Pancratium maritimum* PANCRATIACEAE		very sweet scented	Flowers	Strong
66	*Pandanus odoratissimus* PANDANACEAE	screwpine	most delightful, richest, and powerful of perfumes even when dried	Flowers	Strong
67	Papaver alpinum 'Burseri' PAPAVERACEAE	alpine poppy	sweet breath	Flowers	Faint
68	*Papaver caucasicum* PAPAVERACEAE		scented like ripe plums	Flowers	Faint
69	*Parsonsia capsularis*		extremely fragrant	Flowers	Overpowering
70	*Passiflora caerula* PASSIFLORACEAE	passion flower vine	spectacular delicate fragrance	Flowers	Faint
71	*Paulownia imperialis* PAULOWNIACEAE		noticable scent even from a distance	Flowers	Strong
72	Pelargonium 'Clorinda'	sweet leaved geranium	sharp and refreshingly scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
73	Pelargonium 'Fair Ellen'	oak-leaved geranium	pleasantly fragrant	Leaves	Mild
74	Pelargonium 'Pretty Polly'	sweet leaved geranium	almond scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
75	*Pelargonium capitatum*	rose scented geranium	rose scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
76	Pelargonium citriodorum 'Prince of Orange'	sweet leaved geranium	orange scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
77	*Pelargonium crispum*	lemon geranium sweet leaved geranium	lemon scented leaves when rubbed.	Leaves	Mild
78	*Pelargonium limoneum*	lemon geranium	lemon scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
79	*Pelargonium odorata*	sweet leaved geranium	apple scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
80	*Pelargonium radula*	sweet leaved geranium	rose scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
81	Pelargonium rapaceum 'Mrs. Kingsley'	sweet leaved geranium	mint scented leaves	Leaves	Mild
82	*Pelargonium tomentosum*	peppermint geranium	peppermint pennyroyal scented leaves when rubbed.	Leaves	Mild
83	*Pelargonium triste*	geranium	night scented	Flowers	Mild
84	*Peniocereus greggii* CACTACEAE	night blooming cereus Reina de Noche	mixed scents of magnolia and jasmine; open at night only	Flowers	Mild
85	*Pentachaeta aurea* COMPOSITAE	golden chaetopappa	goldenrod-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
86	*Pergularia minor*		exceedingly fragrant	Flowers	Overpowering
87	*Pergularia odoratissima*	West Coast creeper	very sweet scented	Flowers	Strong
88	*Pericallis x hybrida* COMPOSITAE	cineraria	agreeable fragrance	Flowers	Mild
89	*Peristeria elata* ORCHIDACEAE	Holy Ghost flower Dove flower	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
90	*Petasites fragrans* COMPOSITAE	winter heliotrope	almond scented	Flowers	Mild
91	*Petrocallis pyrenaica* CRUCIFERAE		lilac honey scent	Flowers	Mild
92	*Peumus fragrans* MONIMIACEAE		flowers, leaves and shoots are fragrant	Flowers Leaves Shoots	Mild
93	*Phacelia crenulata*	wild heliotrope	flowers have a pleasant heliotrope-like fragrance; leaves have unpleasant odor	Flowers Leaves	Mild
94	Philadelphus 'Belle �toile' PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	powerful perfume dominates a considerable vicinity	Flowers	Overpowering
95	*Philadelphus argyrocalyx* PHILADELPHACEAE	silvercup mock orange	ripe pineapple aroma	Flowers	Mild
96	*Philadelphus erectus* PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	perfume mixture of pineapple and orange blossom	Flowers	Mild
97	*Philadelphus incanus* PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	hyacinth-like perfume	Flowers	Mild
98	*Philadelphus magdalenae* PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	like sweet vernal grass	Flowers	Mild
99	*Philadelphus microphyllus* PHILADELPHACEAE	small leaved mock orange white pipe tree	powerful mixture of quince and melon	Flowers	Strong
100	*Philadelphus purpurascens* PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	sweet pea-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
101	*Philadelphus sericanthus* PHILADELPHACEAE	mock orange	like sweet vernal grass	Flowers	Mild
102	*Phillyrea decora* OLEACEAE	mock privet jasmine box	sweet scented. great sweetness	Flowers	Strong
103	*Phlox divaricata*	wild blue phlox wild sweet William	very sweet scented	Flowers	Strong
104	*Phlox multiflora*		delicious scent	Flowers	Mild
105	*Piper cubeba* PIPERACEAE	cubeb tailed pepper	aromatic fruit, used medicinally	Fruit	Mild
106	*Pittosporum eugenioides* PITTOSPORACEAE	lemonwood	flowers have a heavy honey odor; leaves are lemon scented when bruised	Flowers Leaves	Strong
107	*Pittosporum tobira* PITTOSPORACEAE	Japanese cheesewood Japanese pittosporum mock orange	orange blossom scented	Flowers	Mild
108	*Platystemon californicus* PLATYSTEMONACEAE	creamcups	nice fragrance	Flowers	Mild
109	*Plumeria alba* PLUMERIACEAE	nosegaytree frangipani	strongly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
110	*Plumeria lutea* PLUMERIACEAE		exceedingly sweet	Flowers	Overpowering
111	*Poa annua* POACEAE	annual bluegrass low speargrass	sweet scented grass, especially so when dried	Leaves	Mild
112	*Pogonia ophioglossoides*	rose pogonia	scented like ripe raspberries	Flowers	Faint
113	*Pogostemon patchouli*	patchouli pucha-hat	perfumed leaves	Leaves	Mild
114	*Polianthes tuberose* AGAVACEAE	tuberose nachtliebste	very fragrant;more so at night	Flowers	Strong
115	*Polygala chamaebuxus* POLYGALACEAE		delicious fruity aroma	Flowers	Mild
116	*Polygala senega* POLYGALACEAE	Seneca snakeroot	wintergreen fragrance and taste	Leaves	Mild
117	*Polygonum bistortoides* POLYGONACEAE	alpine smartweed	honey scented	Flowers	Mild
118	*Porana paniculata* PORANACEAE	Indian silver creeper white corallita	very sweetly scented	Flowers	Strong
119	*Posoqueria formosa* RUBIACEAE		deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
120	*Posoqueria fragrantissima* RUBIACEAE		exceedingly fragrant	Flowers	Overpowering
121	*Posoqueria longiflora* RUBIACEAE		deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
122	*Posoqueria multiflora* RUBIACEAE		deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
123	*Poterium sanguisorba* POTERIACEAE	salad burnet	cucumber aroma. cucumber like smell and taste	Leaves	Mild
124	*Primula angustifolia* PRIMULACEAE	alpine primrose	delicate fragrance	Flowers	Faint
125	*Primula florindae* PRIMULACEAE		very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
126	*Primula involucrata* PRIMULACEAE		intensely fragrant	Flowers	Strong
127	*Prinsepia sinensis* ROSACEAE		almond scented	Flowers	Mild
128	*Protea mellifera* PROTEACEAE	cape honey flower sugarbush	honey secreted from flowers	Flowers	Mild
129	*Prunus serotina* PRUNACEAE	wild black cherry	exceedingly fragrant	Flowers	Overpowering
130	Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii PINACEAE	Douglas fir	a good scent	Leaves	Mild
131	*Puschkinia* HYACINTHACEAE		fragrant up close	Flowers	Faint
132	*Pycnothymus rigidus* LABIATAE	wild savory	pennyroyal scented leaves when crushed	Leaves	Mild
133	Pyracantha coccinea var. lalandii ROSACEAE	fire thorn	scented like new mown hay	Flowers	Faint
134	*Pyrola americana* PYROLACEAE	American wintergreen	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
135	*Pyrola bracteata* PYROLACEAE	wintergreen	richly scented	Flowers	Strong
136	*Pyrola elliptica* PYROLACEAE	waxflower shinleaf	most fragrant of the Pyrola genus	Flowers	Strong
137	*Pyrola uniflora* PYROLACEAE		delicate perfume	Flowers	Faint
138	*Pyrus angustifolia* PYRACEAE	southern crabapple	very sweet	Flowers	Strong
139	*Pyrus ioensis* PYRACEAE	prairie crab	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
140	*Pyrus spectabilis* PYRACEAE	Chinese flowering crab	exquisite fragrance	Flowers	Strong

Last reviewed November 01, 2004

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