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SCENTS OF SUMMER

Be it sweet, heady or refreshingly lemony, the scent of a flower can knock you out even before you see it. And as you sit on your balcony, courtyard or backyard in the evenings, taking in the sunset and enjoying a soft cooling breeze, the perfume of many flowers will intensify as they reach out for night-time pollinators such as moths. Roses, lavender and jasmine are the flowers most renowned for their perfume, but here are several lesser-known summer blooms that will thrill you with their beauty, and intoxicate you with their fragrance.

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