Maggie/Kakkinada red( strongest ), my nose got too close to the bloom, although delightful, scent was so strong that it stayed there for a while. lesson learned- don't get too close to sniff) Felicia- hybrid musk (can't describe but it is SO SO good. It's hard to pick a favorite, but this one would be at tippy top) Francis Meilland(soft pure rose) Earth Angel(love it) Lady Ashe(different, strong and perfumy) La Reinne(strong damask type) Madame Isaac Pierre, Jubilee Celebration Poet's wife- continuous flowering and lemony scent Dee-Lish Beverly, sugar Moon, Zaide, First Crush(good scent, soft and rosy but its a thorny beast) Abraham Darby(so good, raspberries) PJPII Princess Charleen de monaco(vanilla rose) fragrant Plum(very strong and perfumy), Madame Anisette(I can't smell her much, smells of soft anise which is not my favorite scent on a flower. maybe in a cookie. don't like flowers smelling like cookies) But this plant is amazing for vigor and flower power. Rugosa alba roses, are a pain as they spread everywhere...but that scent is unforgettable

I had a horrible experience here in Canada with Cemrco Home Depots extended warrenty plan. will keep this as short as possible but may write way more than I should cause I am still angry over the way that I have been treated and am still being treated by Home Depot and their outsourcing to other companies to deliver merchandise and cover the extended warranty. It started wth the washer on a washer dryer combo breaking down. It took three weeks to get the first repair person in the door after taking several days off work to have it serviced. After that it took another 4 weeks supposedly to have parts ordered to fix the appliance. The parts arrive but because of holidays the repair person is on vacation. When scheduled to come in the repair person's technician's truck breaks down. The main repair person promises to come the following day. He apparently has a heart attack. His wife arranges for another technican to come in on the sturday He comes in and does not have all the parts. He shows up on the moday and cannot get the machine started but tell us to wait a half hour and it should reset. He leaves. We wait the time and try it it does not staert. I call for the 25 time to cemerco. I state the machine is not working They say they need to contact the technician who tells them it is working. I complain to home depot the following week and get a call from comerco that they will replace the unit. It takes time for me and my wife to schedule time off to go to home depot to reclaim the credit. Comerco needs to be open and their hours are 8am-5:30pm. This is my four day off work. Comerco is closed for a provincial holiday. the service counter help says that he will give it to the supervisor to look after. My wife shows up the next day to pay for delivery and the old unit to be taken away and the supervisor knows nothing of this and says she and I need to show up in the prescribed hours. She gets pissed but gets things resolved. To rub salt into the wounds the day the new appliance is to be delivered it does not show up. Moral of my story if you live in Canada do not buy from Home Depot.

I'm with you on Baldwin and if we're going down the dead road then I'd have to add in Angelo Donghia. I still have clips of rooms he did in the 70s that look great. There's a woman here in NY that lives in an apartment Billy Baldwin did for her, beige and French mixed with Lucite and quite wonderful. She never changed a thing. The Draper show was terrific. She had such a great sense of drama and color. There was a video of her as part of the show that was a great camp moments. It was done for a TV show in the '50s and she's a big lady wearing one of those floral dresses with a huge full skirt that rustles, like my Nana wore. Mamie Eisenhower hair and bracelets that rattle. We were doubled over laughing. She had a voice that made Julia Child seem shy. It was a hoot. One of her black dressers went for $200 at an auction not long ago. Someone got a big bargain.

I'm doing the same thing!! I wish people would comment because it's a big decision:). I've been researching gray's...pussywillow by SW, Benjamin Moore galveston gray (too dark for my taste but people say it's a good one), Harbor Gray...good luck to you