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Article: NONSCENTS; SELECTIVE BREEDING HAS CAUSED FLOWERS TO LOSE THEIR FRAGRANCE; SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO FIND IT AGAIN.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 24, 2005
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Byline: Dru SeftonNewhouse News Service
It's a classic request to a florist: Lots of fragrant white blossoms for a big church wedding.
Simple? Nope.
"That's a tough one because there just isn't much scent left out there in flowers," says floral designer Brian Smith.
It's such a challenge that Smith and many other florists often "artificially fragrance" a church before a wedding, flinging around vials of corresponding essential floral oils.
"We don't sell flowers, we sell emotion," said Smith, president of the American Institute of Floral Designers and owner of Fusion: The Art of Flowers, in Lake Oswego, Ore. "Flowers paint ...