Regarding the offensive or otherwise scent of paperwhite narcissus, note that different cultivars have different fragrances. The most common one on the market is, I believe, 'Ziva', and it's one of the stronger-smelling. There are many wild varieties and cultivars derived from Narcissus tazetta that have lighter scents. I enjoy the one sometimes known as N. panizzianus and also find N. pachybolbus inoffensive. Another early-flowering plant with a pleasant, sweet scent is N. cordubensis, which has small gold flowers on tallish stems. In flower now is the pleasantly scented wild form of Narcissus jonquilla, which I grew from seed collected in the Pyrenees by a contributor to the NARGS seed exchange some years ago. The flowers wouldn't please daffodil specialists because they tend to be a little bicolored, but I like them. I grow them in a large container where I can keep them adequately watered, as they don't like to dry out completely in summer (or, I assume, be soggy all winter). Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA