Ask the Perfumer Sunday May 6, 2012
There's still a little bit of rose centifolia wafting over from last week. Ian of Shirley Price Aromatherapy sent a detailed comment to the blog after hours. You might like to read it here . Just scroll down the comments to find Ian's comment. My garden is alive with the fragrance of so many gorgeous blooming plants right now! All the jasmines, the Brunfelsia (nighttime clove/carnation scent), the Tahitian and Vietnamese gardenias, and of course, the dependable Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume tree. It sometimes seems this tree only takes a tiny break between flowering. The Full Moon certainly brought it to full flush. Last night I attended a memorial for Bob McCulley, the gardener who took care of my plants. I introduced Bob to the Aglaia, and he started to introduce them to gardens all over Miami Shores and North Miami. He grew to love this carefree fragrant tree as much as I did. This lemon/floral-scented beauty is a tidy small tree with glossy green foliage an