I've found that though my ability to detect scents is not what it once was, some Galanthus and some winter-flowering crocus do have a delicate, appealing floral fragrance. The difficulty comes from the cold weather and disparity in height between where my nose is when I'm standing up, and a less-than-ankle-high flower. If I kneel to Crocus laevigatus fontenayi, cup my hands around the bloom, and exhale gently in the space - that warms the flower just a little bit and perhaps confines the scent sufficiently for a quick sniff to detect the perfume. I happen to like the way skunks smell - some people do like dilute butyl mercaptan. Did have a (de-skunked) pet skunk for 5 years. On a damp day he smelled skunky, sort of the way a wet pooch smells doggy. So Fritillaria imperialis is O.K. with me but my husband doesn't care for it. Galanthus ? caucasicus has been flowering in the garden since late November, still looking good. It's been covered with 14 inches of snow, pelted with rain, and see-saw temperatures from mid-teens Fahrenheit to high 40s. Now that's endurance! Here's to a new year with lots of flowers, few weeds, and no pests. Judy in New Jersey where winter is yo-yo-ing up and down