Scent

Scent is the most potent and bewitching substance 

in the gardener's repertory 

and yet it is the most neglected 

and least understood. 

 The faintest waft is sometimes enough
to induce feelings of hunger or anticipation, 

or to transport you back through time and space 

to a long-forgotten moment
in your childhood. 

 It can overwhelm you in an instant 

or simply tease you, 

creeping into your consciousness slowly 

and evaporating almost the moment it it detected. 

 Each fragrance,
whether sweet or spicy, light or heavy,

 comes upon you  

in its own way 

and evokes its own 

emotional response.
~Stephen Lacey~