There’s no point in stopping to smell the roses if they lack fragrance. Many gorgeous roses offer no scent, but gardeners who do their research can choose varieties that please the nose as well as the ...

There’s new hope for making modern roses smell sweeter than the florist paper they’re wrapped in. By decoding the genetics of an heirloom variety, a fragrant pink China rose called “Old Blush,” an ...

Traditionally, rose perfume has a reputation of being overpowering, one-dimensional and old-fashioned. People don’t consider it a current, fresh scent. However, there are many rose perfumes out there, ...

Is your first instinct on being presented with a rose to bury your nose in the bloom and breathe in deeply? We all do it because very often the reward is sweet moments of sheer bliss. Fragrance is one ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Much to my dismay, not everyone shares my obsession. And honestly, I get it—many of the rose perfumes of ...

More than 1,000 varieties of roses can be seen at Heirloom Roses' seven acre display garden, located in St. Paul, Oregon. (Courtesy of Heirloom Roses in St. Paul, OR) Summer is the time of year when ...

As wagons lumbered across the West, they carried with them remnants of home. While the husband may have brought seed or cuttings from his orchard trees, it was the wife who carried the roses. Wrapped ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. “Let’s unbox these Heirloom roses I just ...

When a chemical engineer's wife is wild about roses, there's one logical thing for him to do: Drag out a blow torch and an old copper milk can, haul out a propane tank, and forge a distillation system ...