Have been primarily growing fragrant "antique" & Old Garden roses for decades, and have had no other smell more heavenly in my Midwestern gardens than Rosa Gallica Officinalis, the specie "Apothecary Rose". Very hardy, and easy to grow, it's the only rose in my yard I can smell halfway down the block in early June. Have many that smell when you're in their vicinity, but no other that wafts through the neighborhood like this ancient rose. It's large flowered, & a heavy hip producer so it's name is well suited.
