elderfower

[jan1956]

does elderflower have a fishy smell please

[woofgang]

no, it has a sweet, slightly winey smell to me

[jan1956]

thanks, my dil wants to make champagne or wine from it

[coccinelle]

Elderflower wine is lovely.

[supersuezy24]

Definitely doesn't have a fishy smell, I quite like elderflower drinks, they are quite refreshing

[rowanwitch]

My housemate thinks it smells fishy, I love the smell, but then she gets a distorted smell from a number of flowers especially stargazer lilies, hyacinths and narcissi My sister is the same, I wonder if there is a genetic link to how things smell to us. certainly elderflower seems to get the winey, or fishy options from different people.

I have to wait for the berries as I make elderberry syrup it is really soothing for coughs and sore throats.

[jan1956]

thanks for your replies
think she wasn't sure that the sample she had was elderflower
it apparantly smely of fish so wanted to check
cheers!!

[woofgang]

that's funny rowan witch, stargazer lilies smell sickly to me, a mixture of cheap perfume and germoline. Hyacinths start to smell the same to me as they fade but i don't get fish from elderflower. I don't like the smell of scented orchids or cyclamen either

[LoftyLottie]

I hate the smell of hyacinths and jasmine. Strange how different smells affect different people

[woofgang]

love jasmine...does anyone else think that wild honeysuckle smells different from the garden kind? to me the wild one is distinctly nutmeggy.