fragrant blooms

Sweet-smelling floral display

Fragrant blooms are flowers that give off a pleasant scent.

The phrase appears often in gardening catalogs, perfume marketing, and romantic descriptions of gardens: The fragrant blooms of jasmine filled the evening air.

It's slightly literary—everyday speech more often says "flowers that smell good."

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jasmine · gardenia · flower garden · spring blossoms · sweet · potpourri · lilac · magnolia · bridal bouquet · peony · ylang-ylang · heliotrope · frangipani · bouquet · aromatherapy · freesia · religious rituals · lavender

Categories
Opposites
scent quality

fragrant bloomsnoxious fumes

Harmful gases in air

corpse flower · rafflesia · stench

plant part

fragrant bloomsdry leaves

Desiccated tree debris

dead wood · thorny stems · fallen leaves

vitality

fragrant bloomswilted flowers

Dying plant matter

dried flowers

Family

bloom, fragrant, fragrance, blossoming, blooms

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G