For me chrysanthemums, marigolds, hyacinths and Chaste Tree blooms would head up the list of flowers/plants whose smell nauseates me.

I am adding what my dad called shasta daisy, they were wild, single stemmed daisy's. A friend thought they were so pretty, she brought a bunch in the house and put them in a vase. When I visited she had just returned from the store and was trying to figure out what the horrible smell in her house was. She had been looking and looking..I told her the daisies...sure enough she walked over smelled them and gagged!

I enjoy them in the field, not in the house!

The list seems endless ...

I put forward Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara). It can be attractive, but it is Rank with the capital R. My neighbor has vines twenty
feet high growing up amongst his evergreen border hedge, dropping their red berries into my garden plots.

And Herb Robert (AKA Stinky Bob, Geranium robertianum), which infests the shady lawn area under my apple tree.

And worst of all, there is Arugula (Eruca sativa), which to me has the vilest odor possible. It always astounds me that people actually
eat that stuff, and seem to like it.

I love arugula. Never noticed a smell to it.

Karen

Arugula and black seeded simpson are both strong, but I like them. Most of what you guys named I have no problem with ( however it has been ascertained I usually don't smell BO) I cannot stand the smell of gardenia tho. I do love the paperwhites and daffodils. Sometimes I grow accustomed to the smells too quickly. Potpourri is frustrating because it fades too quickly for me. Cannot tolerate the smell of Chinese privet, that is just nasty.

I find the fragrance of orange jasmine very unpleasant.

Lilies and paper whites are on my stinky list, both just too cloying.

I've seen some reports lately that some people are having to trim off the bloom of their corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) because it's too strong when it blooms inside.

Any other stinky blooms going on out there?

This one is always in a pond in the woods near by. And the name says it all. Ponds are full of this invasive species…Skunk cabbage.

I didn't know skunk cabbage was invasive (maybe it's native to the east coast?). It's always been a welcome sight to me as a harbinger of spring. I'm just careful not to step on it!

I love lilies but can't stand the strong musky scent of most paperwhites.

One of my biggest disappointments was when I finally got to see a bloom on what I thought was Queen of the Night (the bloom was visually stunning), which has a much-praised fragrance, and it was stinky like an old dumpster. I later found out I had a different species, so I still haven't smelled the real QotN.

I've grew freesia one year for the scent and was very disappointed because it smells like black pepper to me. I can't understand how anyone can say it smells sweet. A friend smelled it too and agreed it smelled like pepper. I've smelled cut ones in the store and they all smell like pepper. Will never grow it again.

LOL, Jill! Elena, I feel better about failing to grow a bloom to sniff after buying those bulbs a couple times long ago.

Paperwhites stink!