Robert, unfortunately many books on fragrant plants can be rather misleading. They exaggerate or could be rather imprecise.

Right now, I'm trying to take a break from plants ;-)

But I was tempted with Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh to follow up with Roy Genders' rather dated but intoxicating A History of Scent....

There's lots of good fragrant plants in the book but of course you'd want to check the web or other sources before buying them. All in all I'm happy but wish it gave more cultural requirements but I'm fine with looking things up.

Now I'm tempted by the Genders book but I've got a bunch of orchid books coming in so that should satiate me for a while. :)

-Robert

Hey guys! So the book time of the year is here again.. Too cold to order plants and books can delay all they want in the post during holidays ;-)

Last year I got the rhs encyclopedia of plants and flowers and the rhs companion to scented plants (or smth similar sounding) as gifts and they kept me good company ..I also love Vita's books and never tire of reading them several times over..

Any new good finds??

Also, I never seem to find any orchid specific books on fragrance except from the one by S. Frowine..Do you know of any?

I'm suprised nobody suggested Tovah Martin's "Fragrant Plants for Indoor Gardens" ( from the Martin family who owns Logees). I think it's a great book, although I may disagree with some of her sentiments (i.e. she wasn't a fan of aglaia odorota and I am), but otherwise a great book!

The Essence of Paradise: Fragrant Plants for Indoor Gardens

The essence of paradise, we already have of course!! It was among the first- mentioned by robert I believe- that started the whole book fever!