This warmer-than-necessary January has caused plants to bloom prematurely. We have a small daphne bush in a large pot near the front door. The blooms give off a delicious scent, most noticeable at night and in the morning. As you walk past the plant a gentle but persistent scent is presented to your nose. Scents can be difficult to describe because they are unique and any description is subjective. Daphne is not pungent like gardenia, nor sweet like citrus, but it is a pleasant and unique experience.
We can post photos and videos to the Internet to share a visual experience. What a shame there is no way (yet) to post a scent file to share the olfactory experience.
Growing up near Seattle, mom used to grow daphne and put just one cut sprig in water on the kitchen windowsill. That one sprig with perhaps 2 or 3 small blossoms was all it took to bring the outdoors into the kitchen. The scent takes me back to that image of her at the window, as if I'm truly there with her. What a wonderful comforting memory!
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