My gardenia plant and aromatherapy

[panader0]

My gardenias are blossoming. I can smell them when I walk by. I picked a blossom and held it to my nose, and I believe the smell
had a beneficial effect on me. I love that smell. And that's just one of many natural scents that seem to open your head. My gardenia blossom is on my desk, stinking...

[840high]

1. I have 2 by front door.

[flying_wahini]

2. Nothing beats the smell of gardenias

especially during a warm spring night with the window opened a crack for a light breeze.


I know that it's not safe to do that most places - we did it when I was a kid.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. One my best memories.

A warm lazy summer day that wasn't too hot or too humid, just relaxing in the shade of a tree and smelling the sweet fragrance of gardenias. That day is forever attached attached to that smell. It is a happy place for me.

The only competition for it in my mind, was wandering through the woods and coming across a stream with mossy banks and wild rhododendrons in full bloom overhanging the banks. I think I sat there for an hour because it was such a perfect spot.

[Major Nikon]

4. The human sense of smell is pretty amazing

We can only differentiate between a handful of tastes, but we can differentiate hundreds of smells even when they exist in very small volume and are shrouded by more powerful smells. Scent can also be a very powerful memory trigger. Even when going years without sensing a particular smell we can still recognize it.