Smelling roses like tasting wine
Jacques believes that natural scent is very important, more than we actually realise: "If everybody could be aware of their nose again there would be a bigger interest for natural flowers and plant scents. An increasing interest for natural scented plant material could lead to plant growers concentrating more on the scents of flowers. They could try using the right methods to get the flowers to smell better again."
Fortunately that is exactly what some breeders like David Austin, Meilland and Delbard do to give extra value to the flowers. Many varieties of these breeders are created because of the looks of the rose, but also because of the fragrance.
At the Parfum Flower Company blog, you’ll find some varieties ‘tasted’ by Jacques Coolen.