I don't smell Champney's much because it is on the hill and I don't take much time on the hill. I'll take a big whiff. I like the noisettes a lot.

Carla

Champney's is one of the most fragrant, and its seedling, Blush Noisette...

to my nose it´s Mme Berard or Madame Alfred Carierre

Champney's; Blush Noisette and THE MADAME - without a doubt.

Madame Alfred Carriere has my vote.

Sue

I only have one noisette, luckily it is MAC, very fragrant
Carla! I don't usually see it mentioned here, but the foliage
is also fragrant, a peppery smell.
Alida

Thank you everyone.
Melva, I knew there must have been fragrance involved when I ordered Champney's. I always heard about the scent of Old Blush too.

Carla

I purchased Moulton Noisette based on fragrance recommendations from Ashdown. Its too early to say yet...but I have my fingers crossed!

Ronda

Most of the Noisettes have a wonderful fragrance, to my nose...Ronda, you will like Moulton, it smells like honeysuckle, to me...

I can't smell the noisettes, except for Mme Berard, which is a tea-noisette and smells like a tea to me.
Vintage says that Nastarana and Haynesville Pink are both intensely fragrant, but I have both and can't smell them at all. MAC has no fragrance to me.
But I can smell a peppery scent coming from Secret Garden Noisette. Is that the way most noisettes smell? Peppery? It's not a good smell, more like a sneezy smell.
Mary Washington is one of my top 3 favorites in my new rose garden, even though I can't detect any scent. It is rare that a scentless rose gets a chance in my garden, but this rose blooms so much that 2 or 3 times I have jumped up thinking there was someone in a white shirt over in my rose garden! Turns out the blooms are so solid that they looked like someone standing there!
Carrie

I have never detected a peppery smell so its not that...it is a very sweet smell to me, Nastarana has a musky smell..too bad you can't enjoy them, the fragrance is one of the best things about Noisettes!

I can smell the fragrance of "Nastarana" from 3 feet away from the bush.
but the Noisette which both of us thought was the most fragrant at San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, among a dozen or more cultivars was
"Secret Garden Noisette" a musk-pepper fragrance.
Luxrosa

I forgot to mention that the type of scent matters as much to me as strength.
"Nastarana" to me has a really great fragrance, Musk rose with clove and vanilla.
"Secret Garden Noisette", 2/3rds fresh ground clove with a bit of allspice, black pepper,and rose.
I grow "Blush Noisette" and to me, it has only half the scent of the two roses listed above.

"La Nymph" Five persons have said they could not detect anything but the lightest of scents in this and
"Catos Cluster" in all of our three bushes.
"M.A.C." five of us rated our bush as only ff out of 4, the same as our "Crepescule" and "Reve d'Or" .
My "Boule de Neige" has a light but wonderful scent, of Ponds cold cream, mixed floral,and rose. It's a Bourbon-Noisette.
Lux.
P.S. "Aimee Vibert" had a scent which repulsed both of us, I thought it similar to moth balls scented with old ladies perfume. I had desired it for years, because of its' fragrance rating.

I have planted Blush Noisette, Nachitoches Noisette, Mrs. Woods Lavender Pink Noisette, Jacques Amiot, and St Leonard's Noisette in the past year, and by golly they had better be prepared to do some serious wafting. They are allegedly "growing roots" right now.

Blush noisette!!!!The fragrance drifts and lingers in the air. M.A.C. has no fragrance that I can detect. Marie Pavie, although a BS magnet for me is unbelievably fragrant.
molly

I am noticing in my garden that it isn't just the flower, but the conditions seem to be far more in control. My personal two favorites are MAC, of course, and Darlows Enigma which have filled the yard and house with perfume.....this year? Nothing! I am aware of my Gardenias & fragrant Tuberous Begonias, but my Roses and Jasmines- usually noticable, are not at all this year, so far :-(

I just want to chime in agreement with the posters expressing just how subjective this fragrance detection is - my nose relates to those who said 'Blush Noisette' and 'Marie Pavie' were the best. Roses like 'Madame Alfred Carriere', 'Champney's Pink Cluster', etc. are fragrant but not the strongest by far, to me. I gave away my 'Moulton Noisette' because I couldn't detect much of anything from it (and certainly not honeysuckle!) and because it was a wretchedly mildewed mess this spring. I did keep a cutting to give it a second chance, but I'm not too hopeful.

I also wanted to see if others agree with my assessment of the essence of "musk", at least as it pertains to roses. My impression is that this term refers specifically to the clove/spice aromatic component that emanates from the stamens and is strongest in the morning, fading drastically as the bloom ages. Rosa moschata and its relatives also frequently possess a unique, richly sweet fragrance that is based in the petals instead, and which I had originally thought was the "musk" people were referring to. I detect notes of this in certain roses like 'Nastarana', Rosa x dupontii, some Noisettes, and random descendants like 'Perle d'Or'. I enjoy the spicey scent of the musk rose and various relatives, but it's quite ephemeral and I think I much prefer the rich fragrance that remains.