Personally, I would suggest Elle. She has been very good for me. Repeat bloomer. Lovely light pink color with a slight glow of yellow. And as fragrant as the day is long.

Memorial Day is great if it is light enough for you.

I like Elle very much-- I would also recommend Frederic Mistral.

Here is a link that might be useful: Frederic Mistral

Gertrude Jekyll may be the world's most fragrant rose. Also consider Sharifa Asma.

Thanks for the suggestions :-)

Memorial Day and Frederic Mistral are not compact. FM is quite large in all directions. I would think in zone 9B this would especially true. Diane

I'd recommend climbing Ena Harkness - a very old rose, and highly fragrant.

Not knowing your zone or region, it is harder to give recommendations. This said, if Hybrid Tea's are your thing, then it would be hard to beat 'Beverly'. Simply a stunning and incredibly fragrant HT.

If you prefer shrub roses, then 'Sharifa Asma' or 'Eglantyne' are very good choices.

This is based on someone in a zone 5 bordering on zone 4 location.

Eglantyne is not compact either. I've grown four of these roses and every one of them grew to seven feet or taller. They were in different flower beds at two different locations. Again, in zone 9B I would think Eglantyne might easily reach eight feet tall. Diane

I'm wondering if Sharifa Asma nods.. seems most of my Austins do. Is anyone else bothered by that?