This is from an [old post,[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/nearly-lost-this-one-most-fragrant-votes-2005-06-dsvw-vd~1719150?n=7) which I found interesting and helpful. Houzz sometimes deletes old posts, so I will copy it here. Since this was from 2007, I wonder if this opinion pole were repeated today, how it would be different.
Posted by jpw_chi 5b Chicago, IL (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 12, 07 at 13:47
Due to hard drive crashes, I nearly lost this list. Thanks to a thoughtful, wise Gardenweb member who clipped the results, I would have lost voting results to my informal survey of fragrant roses altogether. Counts were based on frequency of being mentioned in response to the question "What is the most incredibly fragrant rose that takes your breath away?"
RE: the most incredibly FRAGRANT rose that takes your breath away (Follow-Up #122)
posted by: jpw_chi on 10.08.2006 at 11:11 am in Roses Forum
Here's the updated list for "most mentioned" (as opposed to true "favorites") for fragrance, with Double Delight and Mr. Lincoln now in a dead heat:
23x Double Delight (creamy white swirled with strawberry red)
23x Mr. Lincoln (dark red)
15x Fragrant Cloud (coral red)
13x Chrysler Imperial (burgundy red)
13x Gertrude Jekyll (rose pink)
13x Jude the Obscure (honey)
10x Crimson Glory
10x Lemon Spice (pastel yellow tinted pale pink)
9x Abraham Darby (Austin, apricot blend)
9x Francis Dubruiel (dark true red)
9x Papa Meilland (dark red)
8x Evelyn (Austin, apricot pink blend)
8x Heirloom (dark mauve blend)
8x Rose de Rescht (vivid fuchsia)
8x Secret (white tipped pink)
8x Sharifa Asma (Austin, pearly pink)
8x Sunsprite (bright yellow)
8x Sweet Chariot (purple blend)
8x Tiffany (pink/yellow blend)
7x Angel Face (1968, dusky mauve)
7x Melody Parfumee (deep plum fading to clear lavender)
7x The McCartney Rose (ruffled, few petals)
7x Yves Piaget (Romantica, hot pink)
6x Granada (yellow, orange, scarlet tricolor)
6x Just Joey (clear apricot)
6x Mirandy
6x Scentimental (white striped with red)
6x Secret Garden Musk Climber
6x Zephirine Drouhin (cerise pink)
5x Blanc Double de Coubert (pure white)
5x Frederic Mistral (Romantica, light cool pink)
5x Heritage (shell pink)
5x Intrigue (rich reddish purple)
5x Madame Isaac Periere (raspberry pink)
5x Memorial Day (lilac pink)
5x Oklahoma (dark red)
5x Reine des Violettes (cerise pink deepening to soft purple)
5x Rouge Royale (Romantica, cherry red)
5x Souvenir de la Malmaison
5x Sutter's Gold
5x Velvet Fragrance
5x William Shakespeare 2000
4x Alec's Red (1970, subdued red)
4x Baronne Prevost (medium pink)
4x Blue Girl a/k/a Blue Moon
4x Elle
4x Full Sail
4x New Zealand (flesh pink)
4x Othello (inconsistent maroon/blue-red color)
4x Tamora (Austin, clear apricot)
4x The Prince (Austin, imperial purple)
4x Tipsy Imperial Concubine (pink blend)
4x Yolande D'Aragon (rich rose pink)
3x Bella Roma
3x Buff Beauty (soft apricot yellow)
3x Cécile Brunner
3x Compt de Chambourd (lilac pink)
3x Darlow's Enigma (pure white)
3x Distant Drums (mauve blend)
3x Falstaff (raspberry red)
3x Fragrant Memory a/k/a Jadis
3x Fragrant Plum
3x Golden Zest
3x Jardins de Bagatelle (creamy white edged pale pink)
3x La Reine Victoria (dusty pink)
3x Louise Odier (medium pink)
3x Madame Hardy (snowy white)
3x Perfume Delight
3x Radiance (pink blend)
3x Red Radiance (HT)
3x Royal Highness
3x Scentsational (clear mauve tinted orchid pink)
3x Sheer Bliss
3x Silver Shadows (pale silvery lavender)
3x Sombreuil (creamy white)
3x Sonia Rkyiel (soft coral pink)
3x Veteran's Honor
2x Apothecary Rose
2x Barbara Streisand
2x Belle de Crecy (cool medium pink)
2x Blossomtime
2x Bubble Bath (light pink)
2x Celsiana (light pink)
2x Clothilde Soupert (blush white with soft pink center)
2x Compassion (salmon pink)
2x Dainty Bess
2x Dolly Parton (garish orange red)
2x Dublin (MD)
2x Earth Song (rose pink)
2x Eglantyne (Austin, clear porcelain pink)
2x Eugene de Beauharnais (crimson purple)
2x Felicia
2x Felicite Parmentier (light pink)
2x Fisherman's Friend (violent magenta)
2x Fragrant Hour
2x Halloween (soft orange)
2x Harrison's Yellow (bright yellow)
2x Hot Tamale
2x Jaune Desprez (buff apricot)
2x Julia's Rose
2x Konigan von Danemark (pink blend)
2x Lady Hillingdon (egg yolk yellow)
2x Lagerfeld (silvery lavender)
2x Love Potion (florabunda)
2x Lyda Rose
2x Madame Alfred Carrier (blush white)
2x Madame Pierre Oger (soft white tipped lilac pink)
2x Maria Shriver
2
x Marie Pavie (ivory white)
2x Midnight Blue
2x Mrs B.R. Cant
2x Neptune
2x Peace
2x Petite de Hollande (medium pink)
2x Pure Perfume
2x Radiant Perfume
2x Rosa foetida
2x Sheila's Perfume
2x Shocking Blue
2x Sophy's Perpetual (pink blend)
2x St. Swithun (Austin, soft warm pink blend)
2x Star Of The Nile
2x Sterling Silver
2x Sunday Lemonade
2x Thanksgiving
2x Topaz Jewel (yellow)
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