nutcutlet, the scent I don't like is box; it smell like tom cats! Am not too keen on choisyia(?) either. But the scents I really can't stand tend to be some rather expensive perfumes, which just smell like noxious chemicals to me. I better not name the worst, I might get sued!
There is a flower scent that bowled me over as a child, I have been searching for it ever since; it looked a bit like a Japanese Anemone as far as I can remember, the scent was: cucumbers and lemon with a hint of nostalgia and slight melancholy.
Might the plant you are searching for be Romneya?
I adore the scent tho only have flowers for a few weeks a year; still a favourite.
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Oh yeah, Lilacs, they are loverly
They can grow so big aswell. My folks one must be about 12-13 foot now
I have flowers on one of the winter flowering honeysuckles, strongly scented even in today's cold wind. Thought I wasn't going to get any this year.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Might the plant you are searching for be Romneya?
I adore the scent tho only have flowers for a few weeks a year; still a favourite.