I was wondering if anyone knows what this smells like?

I have no idea what it smells like, but it's a beauty!

Mine is finished, but I just recall it had a nice scent. I basically put iris into two categories.. smells nice, or doesn't .. Of course there are degrees of that, and I do notice some differences. Pallida smells like grapes, Honey Glazed smells like honey. As far as Easter Bonnet is concerned, it's so beautiful, a good scent is just a bonus.

Yes I like the ones with sweet scents, I don't care for the perfumy kind of smell which makes me sneeze unfortunately, so I can't bring those into the house!

Umm -- I gotta ask this -- are those pictures of the same Iris? I don't think so...................

Maryann, my picture. was taken late in the afternoon.. probably a little more of a golden glow to it.. My other shots look pinker, but not as dark as Frillylilly's.

Yes -- but Sherry -- look at the tops of the fall petals. Yours are rich yellow almost halfway down the fall petal on both sides. Fillylilly's isn't like that. Also, Frillylily's Iris has vivid white striations (forget what that's called -- haft marks?) at the top center of the fall petal, which are visible all the way to the tip of the beard. Yours appears to have faint marks but on a background of yellow, not white. I don't know anything about this Iris in particular, and photos of Irises can be misleading -- but these photos make them look like different cultivars.

Just checked the database, and realized that the above picture is not Frillylily's, but lovelyiris's -- should've figured that out from the information at the top of the picture, eh?

It does say that if this Iris is grown in shade, it will bloom much paler, but there were no other pictures there to compare to hers or yours, so can't be of any further help. Sorry.

Oh, I just posted a link to the flower. I do think that the age of the blossom changes the color quite a bit, as they age they are more pale. So I think it is the same flower.

Mine pales out some after a day and is in full sun, but they do not start out that dark. I contributed Lillypilly's to lighting or camera, but I'm no expert The pictures on the Hips site are a little darker than mine, but again not as dark as lillypilly's.