Selecting Fragrant Flowers

Need help selecting fragrant flowers for your flower arrangements? When you walk down the aisle, your bouquet filled with fragrant flowers will leave a trail of a soft scent for your guests. The smallest detail can make your wedding day special. If you select your fragrant flowers carefully, the scent you choose for your wedding day will always bring back memories. Be very careful not to select too many flowers with overwhelming fragrance. Select your favorite fragrant flowers for bouquets, boutonnieres, arbors, and entryways.

Here is a pro tip– be careful when you combine fragment flowers. Make sure the flower scents compliment each other and do not overwhelm the room. You do not want to overpower the arrangement with scent.

Classic Roses

We all know roses are a classic flower and grow in many varieties. Each rose will have a slightly different smell, some may have a soft scent to a sweet, fruity, or musky smell, depending on the variety. They come in an array of colors and sizes. The best part about a rose is that they are available all year round. Each color symbolizes its unique meaning. Roses have been around forever and will always be popular flowers.

Lily Asiatic & Stargazer

Oriental Lilies are famous for the strong fragrant scent. The ‘Lily Starfighter’ is flamboyant and steals the show! It has dark freckled spots with white edges and a wax-like finish. Lily Asiatics come in a variety of fun colors, each, yellow, pink, orange, red, and white. Combine lilies, orchids, veronica, and bear or lily grass for an eye-catching cascade teardrop bouquet. Whatever style lilies you pick, you will not be disappointed. The possibilities are endless!

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Freesia Flowers

Freesia is a soft citrus fragrance with a delicate scent. This flower is one of the favorite spring flowers among brides. It grows in various colors, red, white, yellow, pink, and purple. Freesia has a beautiful trumpet-shaped bloom, which has a playful arch and graceful appearance. Pair freesia with peonies, spray roses, hydrangeas, or chrysanthemums.

Gardenia

Gardenias are one of a kind with their spicy scent and appearance. These are beautiful white flowers that add texture and dimension to bouquets and centerpieces. They are less common but are unique and heavenly scented. Add a few stems to your bouquet, or create a simple hairpiece with one bloom. Combine single blooms with candles for a table centerpiece for a classic, sophisticated statement.

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Hyacinth

The sweet hyacinth has a delicate earthy smell that lets us know it is springtime! The dense clusters of blooms are colorful and fragrant. Pair hyacinth with tulips, ranunculus, roses, stock, or bunch your favorite colors together and make a hand-tied ribbon bouquet. Hyacinth comes in purple/blue, pink, and white.

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Jasmine Flower

Jasmine is a lovely fragrant blossom that symbolizes love, beauty, or sensuality. These pure white flowers represent purity. Add jasmine flowers to your dreamy bohemian wedding in table garlands, flower crowns, or draped them from romantic floral chandeliers. However, you decide to use this sweet fragrant flower; it will bring elegance to your special day.

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Stock Flower

Stock is a great way to add volume and texture to any flower arrangement. It has a unique, pleasant scent that is a bit spicy with a clove like-scent. It is a sweet flower that is fluffy and available in various colors, white, pink, purple, yellow, and white. Stock adds volume and texture to all floral arrangements.

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Lily of The Valley

This tiny flower is delicate and makes a unique romantic bouquet. Lily of the Valley has a light, distinctive scent that is unforgettable! It is the ultimate wedding flower for the royal family generation after generation. It is a classic white flower with a brilliant fragrance but can be expensive when using it by itself as a bouquet. Combine this tiny flower showing off its classic beauty with orchids, lisianthus, astilbe, ranunculus, or just by themselves with a few stems of greenery. Make the groom a boutonniere to match.

Peony

The peony is a fluffy soft bloom with a fragrance like no other flower. Peonies are historical and romantic flowers and, of course, a bride’s favorite! Need I say more? Fill your bouquet with peonies, and the fragrance will be grand. The frilly sweet candy-like fragrance flower has big blooms and will steal the show.

Lavender

Lavender is a popular herb for its fragrance and known for its calming properties. It is one of the most used scents in essential oils for meditation and spas to relax the brain. Lavender’s tall tiny purple blooms and heavenly scent make perfect soothing bouquets, table centerpieces, and home décor. Pair with wildflowers, succulents, roses, greenery, or make a simple herb lavender bouquet.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is not a flower, although it is a bride’s favorite greenery! It is energetic and comes in many varieties with a fresh minty scent. This famous greenery has a silver-green hue and lots of texture. Eucalyptus comes in different shapes, textures, and forms. To name some- baby blue, seeded eucalyptus, silver dollar, and bonsai, and more!

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Tina Merola

As a professional designer with over twenty years of industry experience, Tina's lifelong creative passion has enabled her to pursue her artistry and vision in various professional environments. Drawing on her knowledge from floral techniques and tips from the industry’s leading professionals allows her the opportunity to channel her love of the unique beauty of nature’s many wondrous blooms into stunning floral designs.