Thanks for reviving this thread, Josephine.
Apparently the flowers smell similar to camphor but it isn't the same compound.
http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/G...
http://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/...
Camphor: An aromatic crystalline compound, C10H16O, obtained naturally from the wood or leaves of the camphor tree or synthesized and used as an insect repellent, in the manufacture of film, plastics, lacquers, and explosives, and in medicine chiefly in external preparations to relieve mild pain and itching.
