Yes, the smell of warm, fresh strawberries in an enclosed space- you would think it would be quite pleasant, but I can hardly get in the car for the stench. I've noticed that lilies of the valley are quite temperature dependent at least to my nose. At lower temperatures (40-50 degrees F) they are less aromatic and sweet as smelling of acetone and some other organic solvent I can't quite place...... Regards, Phil > From: voltaire@islandnet.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:47:19 -0700 > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scent > > Yes, I'm one that keeps trying to find a pleasant paperwhite. I'm > growing some from seed now so that maybe I can get some that way. > Meantime, I grow them outside and don't pick them for the house. > > Scents can change from delicious to disgusting depending upon > temperature and concentration. Try driving home with a basket of ripe > strawberries on a warm day. The car will smell like a garbage can. > > Diane Whitehead > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/…