Isn’t this amazing? It is day 5 already of the advent calendar 2011 bringing us closer to the holidays and the end of this year. Tomorrow, December 6, will be Santa Claus day, and I remind you to make sure visiting the advent calendar starting page again tomorrow. Maybe in the afternoon (Central European Time), as the Santa comes by when the sun reaches the horizon.
Thus, more too look forward to. I am looking very much forward to 2012. It will bring a lot of changes and new developments; And flowers blooming on the side of the path where we will walk. One of the flowers I look most forward to in spring 2012 is actually Hyacinth blooming in the gardens. I love this spicy floral silvery delight.
Today’s draw: we will pick a winner by random.org and you just need to leave a comment here in order to win an all natural Cologne du Maghreb. If you wish: Feel free to share which flower you look most forward to in 2012.
Thus, a happy December 5 to you!
(this draw is closed). See the advent calendar page for the next draw.
Now, I am the fan of a rose
would be fab to be entered
Good morning!
the flower I look forward to is carnation and a hint of rose. carnations actually do smell nice and feminine and I reckon they would do so good on crispy spring days, when the smell of melting snow is in the air and the nature screams a new beginning.
roses are nice but can be overpowering, hence the hint of it.
I look most forward to Viola odorata growing in my house over the winter perhaps and in the garden during the summer. I look forward also to wild flowers and to flowers captured in bottles by amazing mad perfumer alchemists.
Day 5 one of my lucky numbers!
Taraxacum!
I’m thinking Lilac today !
Flower of 2012: carnation/hyacint
Can’t wait for 2012!
I always look forward to peonies, as a sign of spring. I love having a peony bush under the kitchen window. You can smell the fragrance while washing the dinner dishes!
Happy December 5 to you too, Andy!
My favorite flower is always a rose.
Looking forward to daisies in the spring… I don’t do well with winters.
Happy December 5 back
Happy December 5th to you too: its Sinterklaas in Holland today! I look forward to blossoming cherry trees
Looking forward to 2012 as well!
Happy December 5th! I’m looking forward to Dama de Noche, they grow around my house. During hot summers when I open my window, I can smell it’s sweet fragrant aroma all throughout my house. It’s a natural air freshener!
second year of dreaming to try the all natural Cologne du Maghreb. Please random.org – let me have it..
In February Daphne odora will bloom where I live. I can hardly wait, it’s such a beautiful scent!
Must be the boronia in their pots beside the front door.
I’m looking forward to the Tulips.. that means spring is in the air
Very excited for 2012!!
Good morning!! I am looking forward to hyacinths blue, pikn and white ones!!! Also lillies and almond tree flowers!!
Osmanthus and orange blossom! One of my favorites~
Any kind of lotus at the top
I am really looking forward to the honeysuckle.
I look forward to the blooming of the Bird Cherry-tree (“Hegg” in Norwegian) in May. That powerfull smell remind me of the coming of summertime, green grass and sunny skies. Someting to look forward to on dark and cold days like today.
Gardenia and frangipanni sap always remind me of summers when I was little.
Tulips, because they are so spring!
this year I was impressed by rose hip and spent the summer surrounded by rose hips and this sticky smell. I hope to return to the countryside in 2012. And will definitelly expect to see more rose hips on my way. It is a shame I dont know some many perfumes with the rose hip as the main note.
Jasmin and vanille.
2012 will be a good year!!
Thanks Andy for the give-away. As for the question, I would say roses. I love roses and I love to wear them in perfumes even if I am man.
I love roses!
Thank you for the giveaway.I would say Lily
Roses are the best!My favorite scent.
I’m hoping my hellebores will put in an appearance this winter, followed by the wild tulips in spring.
Auch für Dich einen schönen 5.Dezember. Hoffe Dir geht es ein bisschen besser. Ich liebe die Rose….in Verbindung mit Vanille :O))
Sunflowers, always.
Peonies are always lovely but any Springtime flower is a welcome sight marking the end of winter in Chicago.
Hi Andy. Please include me in the draw. Orange blossoms are the flowers that i waited for to bloom everytime. Their smell’s so intoxicating.
The Himalayan Musk rose in my father’s garden! Has anyone made a perfume from it, does anyone know?!
It depends on where I am and whether it’s for scent or food or as a harbinger – it might be puffy yellow wattle flowers coating the landscape in one region bringing spring, or jonquils on our doorstep. Raspberry flowers for summer’s bounty. Gorse sweetening the summer air on the hills. Really, so many flowers hold beauty and meaning, I don’t think I could choose one. I’d feel like I was ignoring the joy I get from the others.
Hi Andy
I am looking forward to the Magnolia-(tree) that blooms close to our house in Berlin – which isn’t technically a flower, but blooms so darn nicely in the spring that I have to mention it. Cheers
Till
Without doubt the fuschia has the nicest aroma
December is here, and there is a palpable change in the weather. December always makes me strangely reflective. I dread new year’s eve because I have to take stock of all I have accomplished (or not).
Tuberose, tuberose, tuberose….
Just a simple garden rose, nothing special.
I know, I know what one can say about it.
But still!
Have a great day, Andy!
Gardenias
Hello Andy! I love all spring flowers so it’s hard to pick just one of them. Speaking of hyacinth, I so hope you are working on it, with or without the assorted mechanic!
The flower I am most looking forward to is tuberose..vases full of them stinking up my house…bliss
Narcissus has a dark side that speaks to me in a particular way so let it be narcissus!
Violet … perhaps?
Dark roses have always been my favourite…
I am always waiting for lilac to start blooming. I love it’s smell.
I love the “petrol” smell of paperwhite narcissus, especially when it still seems to be winter and we get early flowers from the Scilly Isles. In summer I want the smell of old-fashioned carnations – rich and warm and seemingly vanished. Todays carnations smell of nothing!
sweet peas – soft, and delicate fragrance
We have a peach tree in our yard, and I love the flowers on it in spring.
looking forward for the orange trees to blossom in 2012- when they do it’s amaizing just to travel along the plantations
thanks, Andy
Ik heb enkele weken geleden rozen geplant. Dus mijn bloemen zijn rozen voor 2012.
Hi Andy, Oh, I am in total agreement with you–I can’t wait to smell a hyacinth in the spring. My favorite flowers are lilacs but there is no chance to ever smell them here.
Looking forward to the scent of May tree – not sure how it’s called in English, but in Hungary there’s a wonderful tree and the scent is amazing
lily of the valley
Vanilla planifolia
I am intoxicated by the exotic scent of night jasmine, cestrum nocturnum in our garden.
I love roses. I wish you a good Saint Nicholas day and a nice gift in your shoe.
Orchids.
The earthy smell of camellias, now through February and the stargazers lilies in the summer. Have a lovely day.
Red spider daylilies for their short lived beauty and gardenias for their fragrance, though most varieties don’t survive the winter in my growing zone. Thanks for the draw!
Rose, Hawthorn.
xx
Hyacinth of course
The small unassuming lily of the valley…the harbinger of spring. Enjoy the day!
I love the first bluebells of spring; great swathes of blue and a clear sign that winter is over
scent of early morning, vibrant and refreshing
Another great give-away from a great person! Thank you very much Andy! Best wishes.
Thanks for the give-away Andy! My most beloved flower is rose, therefore rose.
I just love lillies
Linden blossoms sure!
Jasmine is a favourite, thinking Eau Sauvage here! Thanks for the draw. I would love to try a Morroccan cologne!
The fragrant daffodils/narcissus grow well here and are an early delight in spring.
Beautiful day dear Andy and the others!
The tulip, drawn beautiful one like that are my favourite flowers.
The irisz and violet are my favourite flowers though in a perfume.
The Rose….the flower of love!
It’s really hard to make a choice.
mock orange (!)
sweet pea
peony
rosehip
lilly of the valley
lilac
candock
My favorite flower is Petunia.
All flowers are wonderful but most off all I like the snowdrop !!
Lilac and lily of the valley.
I love this time of year and look forward to whatever 2012 will bring. The flower I most anticipate in the spring is lily of the valley (muget de bois). I have some in my garden, given to me by a friend and now they have spread all over the little sitting area with other white flowers. Best wishes to you, Andy, and all of your readers.
Daffodils
I’m a sucker for roses
orchids
Daffodils – always the sign that warmer weather is on the way
Thanks for the advent giveaway Andy!
I like tuberoses, they smell pretty…
I agree, Andy. Hyacinths represent spring to me! Thanks for the chance to win.
I look forward to the hyacinths as well.
Hi Andy,
……but I would love to have lily of the valley for men !!!!
I always love roses…and I really wish on a male rose
I simply adore the saffron crocus!
snowdrops!
Daffodils always make me anticipate the summer.
Always been a fan of roses and orange blossoms!
For me anything but daffodils!
Lily of the valley!
It will sound silly, but I always look forward to the blooming of waxleaf ligustrum. It’s a tiny white blossom in summer which is part of many hedges in my area, and smells heavenly. Thanks for your Advent drawing…and bringing to my mind another yearly joy
I would love to see more roses, jasmine or a carnation:) Thanks for the draw Andy:)
Tulips!
Tulips!
I love roses, I’m a romantic girl !!!
snowdrops!
You can surprise me anytime with flowers, I love it!
I like red roses, because I am in Love !
I’m waiting for the lovely roses in my garden
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Cologne du Maghreb
is better than those 2
roses.England wouldnt be the same without them
the crocus – it signals the beginning of spring!!!!!!!!!!
One of the earliest flowers in New England is witch hazel. It is a welcome sign of spring and has a wonderful light fresh scent.
I always look forward to seeing the first crocus! Any chance you’d do a saffron-heavy perfume someday?
Definitely gardenias. I love seeing them bloom every spring!
the iris blooming in my pond
Its got to be bluebells
Hi Andy,
of course looking forward to 2012. See what it will hold for each of us. Iris, I like them a lot. So they are my favorite ones. Have a nice day
The flowers I look forward to seeing most each year are peonies and irises.
I love snowdrops.
I like Mimosa and Hyacinths
Still waiting for my snowdrops!
I love this Advent calendar. Thank you Andy for providing it to us. I cannot believe how fast the end of 2011 is approaching. I look forward to the wildflowers arrival in 2012 because then it will be spring.
Hmm, that’s tough–in the park near my apartment there linden trees, lilac bushes, and a rose garden. How can I choose one that I most look forward to? If you forced me to make a choice, I think I’d have to choose the linden, which always seems to ride the breeze and surprise me with it’s gorgeous scent. Here’s to 2012!
I’m looking forward to roses — they have both visual and olfactory beauty with an edge (from the thorns).
My favourite flowers are lily and poppies
I just LOVE daffodils! they are so pretty and make me smile
The first daffodils, they always bring the sunshine with them!
I love the scent of orange blossoms and linden. Thanks for the draw!
always look forward to the snowdrops as it means winter is nearly over
I love the iris. It’s such a majestic flower and I enjoy the varied scents from different parts of the plant.
Gerberas flowers are my favourite!
Magnolias!
Iris or tuberose please! Many thanks!
Snowdrops and hawthorn blossom! Thanks for this opportunity
I transplanted a rose bush beside my front porch windows. It’s a very old fashioned smelling rose, and it is flourishing in it’s new location, so I expect it to be even more prolific this year. It’s wonderful scent wafts through my house in June. Thanks as always
Daffodils
x
honeysuckle is nice and reminds me of the summer.
Cosmos bright cheerful and will grow anywhere.
Thanks for entering me!
Mostly I’m looking forward to seeing Daisy’s and daffs! simple yet beautiful
Rose and lily of the valley are my favorites in the spring, but I do love night blooming jasimine and the warm June smell of honeysuckle after the sun goes down. Those are some powerful scent memories. Thanks Andy as always for this wonderful treat.
i love to see snowdrops
I love Spring in the Southern part of America when the Azaleas and Dogwoods are in bloom. A little later we get the honeysuckle which smell wonderful!
Thanks again, Andy!
I love the humble daffodil, a wonderful show of bright yellow which indicates that the winter is over!
Where to start? With the scraggly witch hazel of late winter, or hyacinth and lilacs and lily of the valley of spring, or the mock orange and big blowsy peonies of early summer? Oh heck, all of them! And as ever, thank you so much for your generosity.
I love the parma violets and the come out fairly early here in the Greater San Francisco area. So small and hidden but lovely scent
Pretty conventional, but roses and jasmine. There’s one of the latter in the botanical garden hothouses in my home town, which smells simply incredible, and their rose garden are gorgeous, too. Nothing like taking a fragrant stroll there.
please enter me into the draw
Dusting off “Here Comes Santa Claus“ from Burl Ives for you today!
Please tell us you wish list~~
Roses and tuberose =)
I love white Roses
Hey Andy! I hope Sint Nicolas will come at your door today and leave some chocolate presents
Funny – yesterday and today my favorite flower is… yes, the Rose. But it might be Jasmine tomorrow and Orange Flower in the nearest future
Hi!
I think it would be Iris.
I love iris scents.
Daffodils, daffodils, daffodils.
Thanks again for the draw.
I look forward to the climbing vines of Carolina Jessamine that grow in our woods. Yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that smell like baby powder/Dr Pepper!
Snow drops – first sign in my garden that winter is on its way out and spring is on its way!!
I can’t wait for hyacinths either. That is why I have some hyacinth bulbs tucked in the back of my refrigerator as the first step in forcing them for late winter blooms inside. In February they will be sitting on the window sill in green glazed Chinese ginger jars with the snow, no doubt, drifting outside.
I am always partial to lilies of the valley.
I love daffodils because I know that summer is on the way & they are so lovely & bright
Daffodils…
Carnations
My late fathers favourite flower
and
Beautiful Sweet peas
My late Grandfathers favourite flower
They offer me thes in my dreams
xxx
My favorite flower has always been Iris, so I look forward to their late spring arrival, and I always wish that they would have a longer season.
I always look forward to the usual suspects blooming in our family summer place. Those are especially the lilacs, the whitebeam tree and of course the big field of lily of the valley under the pines just out back.
Good luck y’all!
Hyacinths and lilacs in Toronto, Canada where I am currently. The lyrics,”…Deep in the green lilac park. … As we went kneeling through the dark” from Leonard Cohen’s song, “So Long, Marianne” and the song “Lilac Wine”, by Jeff Buckley bring lilacs to mind even on the deepest winter night.
I think freesias are what I’m most looking forward too – they are so fragrant!
My favorites are violets and carnations
I don’t know what kind of flowers bloom in my new city, so I’m looking forward to finding out!
Andy and all,
every year I look forward to the lilac blooms. warmer weather returns, birdsong awakens in the morning, and those blossoms nodding in the breeze are instant happiness
Looking forward to seeing the early spring flowers – crocuses and lily of the valley. In the meantime, will enjoy the poinsettias. Thank you Andy.
My favorite flowers : Roses ,Orchid and Magnolia
Good Luck
I always look forward to Magnolia’s blooming – it means Spring is on its way!
I’ll say my most anticipated flower for 2012 is probably daffodil!
I just loooove jasmine!
I really like the iris. roses and orchids. Lily of the Valley signals Spring to me.
Stargazer Liliy
Ooh, right now it’s the narcissus currently blooming in California. It always blooms from December to February where I’m from, and so it’s become a Christmas holiday smell for me!
It has to be roses for me
Narcissus!
I always look forward to the daphodils!
Osmanthus for me!
I always look forward to daffodils and tulips
Oh, that is too hard – I love flowers so much. Living in San Diego, there is a time when star jasmine (not real jasmine, but close enough) is blooming everywhere and the smell is amazing. Just for looks, I love poppies and dahlias.
I love my roses and daffodils!
I love to see the cherry blossom – so pretty!!
daffodils- so cheery even on the dullest day
I wonder if I will get to know the guy, who brings you those Hyacinths next spring !?!
roses
What can match the thrill of spotting the first spring flowers after a long winter? Tulips, hyacinth, narcissus, all fresh and exciting.
But there’s also something strange and wonderful about the few short weeks when lilacs come into bloom in back yards everywhere. There are lots of hills where I live, and you can watch (I should say “smell”) them come into bloom, starting in the valleys and moving upwards, day by day.
I’m looking forward to violets covering the back yard, lillies of the valley in shade, and those wonderful tall lillies that smell like eucolyptus.
Orchid
hohoho Merry christmas!
I very much look forward to smelling the sweet smell of the rose, reminding me of glorious lazy summer days in the sunshine!
Snow drop
hello everyone
I am thinking of the purple Iris and all the other colors that are in that family. But the purple Iris reminds me of being a child in my Grandmother’s garden. She would plant hundreds of flowers every year and I would pick every one I could. The purple Iris had such a bold smell to me. It took me pulling the petals apart to get at that scent. But it was an aroma that surprised me every year. I once made Iris water and bought a perfume kit, not following any of the directions. Just taking a thought here and there and working in my lab on the back porch. It came with beakers and everything. I was a true parfumerie. I’d like to smell my concoction today.
The fragrant flower I look forward to every year is lily of the valley. It reminds me that spring is actually coming, no matter if the weather is still chilly. I’ll get down on my knees to bring my nose close to the flowers, and I also get the smell of cold, damp earth mingled with the scent of the flower itself.
Iris I guess…
Azaleas!
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Daffodils!!!!
I look forward to the lilies every Easter. They remind me of home and my second year in Uni when a friend and I used them to brighten up our dismal student flat.
Happy holidays, everyone.
The ones I look forward to the most are always simply the ones who comes first in spring. The snow drops and crocus in our garden, and coltsfoot everywhere.
I adore peonies, it’s pure happiness to have a bouquet of tender-rose peonies in my room…
Lilacs and blooming rhododendrons which make our area so beautiful in May.
Daffodils are my favourites. When I see them start to come up from the earth I know spring is on the way.
I look forward to the Christmas Rose , it’s delicate bloom belies how hardy a plant it is
daffodil because it’s the start of the weather improving
Without doubt the fuschia has the nicest aroma
I’m looking forward to the small wild irises that grow here in Northern California meadows.
Hello, Andy, how are You?
I love tulips.
I’m looking forward to peonies since we have a bush right next to our front walkway. I get to smell them every day when I come home.
I’m looking forward to seeing the bluebells in the woods where i live…an amazing sight
I always liked Hyacinth in the spring
The very first flowers I look forward to are the tiny violets and mayflowers that appear right after the lawns turn green again. Oh! – and the apple blossoms on the tree in my mom’s front yard. Beautiful! Cheers, all!
There is goodness in a blossoming flower, and there is beauty in a withering flower. When you can see the beauty and goodness in everything around you, you have entered the gates of zen.
Dear Andy, I love your roses. And for now, I ‘d love to smell something lotus-ish.
Daffodils!
Not for their smell, but I have an inordinate fondness for those (mostly) yellow flowers, with their little trumpets. I like the botanical varieties most.
Living in a country where bulb flowers are very plentiful, it is easy to find loads of different kinds. I have never smelled my daffodils, and I think they don’t have a very strong fragrance. I do like narcissus as a note in fragrance.
Im sorry i dont know much about flowers, but i like Orchids.
I look forward to my early spring hellebores. Our local breeder has created many beautiful varieties, and they last into early summer. Gorgeous.
This year was almost all about roses,but I say almost,because I found Zeta in wich the fantastic rose has great company the linden blossom.I would like to find another beautiful surprise in 2012,like the linden blossom in Zeta.
Looking forward to the lily of the valley. Forest nearby is always full of them in spring. Happy 5th of december to you!
Love the simple little Snowdrop.
fresias, as they remind me of my simple wedding bouquet, they were just white, and we have been married now 38 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rose is always the king of flowers for me.
I have many pleasant memories around lilac as well. So many of the perfumers flowers are not part of my local environment that they exist for me only as abstract perfume scents, not something I would recognize or experience myself.
Ich denke die Freesie ist deutlich unterrepräsentiert. (c;=
Got to be rose for me
i grow roses
The Pine Barrens of NJ where I live hosts many beautiful plants and flowers, but among my favorites is the silk tree with its pink tasseled blossoms and leaves that are sensitive to touch. Thanks for the draw, Andy!
My favourite spring flowers have to be daffodils (they remind me of sunshine and that cold winter is behind us). In summer I love the smell of Sweet Peas and Heliotropes – as both are colourful and highly scented – but it’s the daffies for me – a lovely sign of spring.
I’m looking forward to rose and its oils that may help me doing something nice.
I like pikake. So nice tucked behind the ear.
My favorite spring flowers are wisteria… they always bloom for my birthday in April.
Looking forward to seeing the snow drop
like most flowers, but would love to see snowdrops
I seem to be developing an IRIS infatuation, to go along with my ROSE one…
Daffodils, means its the start of spring!
I absolutely love the Daisy flower.
Love the simple little Snowdrop.
That’s a hard one! The squill because it’s the first bit of color….the lilacs because they always bloom at Mother’s Day….the tulips because of their intense reds…the lily of the valley because of their lovely scent….Do I have to choose? (I live in Michigan and spring flowers are very, very welcome after a long grey winter.)
Every year I get a bit depressed in wintertime. Especially after the holidays. When the little snowdrop (sneeuwklokje) shows itself I know spring is on the way. In the summertime I enjoy the evening primrose (Teunisbloem) very much. When it starts to get a little dark the bright yellow flowers open and they smell great. In the fall of evening the flowers are like little lamps..
Hi Andy, coming home from work, sitting behind the laptop to find out that 237 other persons already logged in on the 5th day of the Advent calendar! What a job for you to read all these comments!! My favorite flower is the rose.
My favourite flower is the white rose, it is a beautifull flower!
Lilac! Not exactly the smell of it, but it\s the first sign of warmth that’s coming
Andy, I look forward to the scent of the lilac to bring me the Spring.
I find myself already pining for Spring…sigh. The sight of crocus fills me with so much happiness because it means winter will soon be gone. Seeing flats of pansies also herald spring’s arrival. As for scent, I’m looking forward to lilies, lilac, and hyacinth.
Just placed my first order, for l’air du desert marocain and a couple of samples.
Are they here yet????
My favourite flower is a red rose!
Lilac for me as well. It’s so nostalgic. My other favorite is meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria). It has a strong, sweet, narcotic scent.
Hyacinth, lilac, peonie…oh, did you say just one?
I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with patchouli in 2012 !
Jasmine and fig forever, not only in 2012
Hyacinths represent spring to me…