Flowers for perfume and scent
Grown for their oil: rose, jasmine, tuberose, ylang-ylang.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
A tall, aromatic herb with feathery leaves and yellow umbels, used for food and spice
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Herb or useful flower
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Eucalyptus
The tall, aromatic trees and shrubs known as gum trees or eucalypts
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Bitter orangeCitrus × aurantium
The citrus tree behind Seville orange marmalade and Neroli oil
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering tree
HoneysuckleLonicera
Twining vines and shrubs with sweet-scented tubular flowers and edible nectar
Lonicera · Wildflower
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Tall, sweet-scented wildflower with pale pink blooms and a long history in herbal lore
🇮🇸 Iceland and 8 more · Wildflower
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
Vanilla
Climbing orchids with pods used for the world’s most popular flavor
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Camellia
Evergreen shrubs and trees with showy blooms, best known for tea and garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Garden flower
Sweet VioletViola odorata
A scented violet with edible leaves and flowers, native to Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Plumeria
Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
A floating white flower of ponds and lakes across Europe and Asia
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Wildflower
Cyclamen
Tubered Mediterranean flowers with upswept petals and patterned leaves
Cyclamen · Wildflower
Ylang-ylangCananga odorata
A tropical tree with highly fragrant yellow flowers used for perfume and decoration
🇻🇳 Vietnam and 8 more · Flowering tree
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
Matricaria
A group of aromatic annuals known for their daisy-like flower heads
Matricaria · Wildflower
Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
A fragrant climbing vine with star-shaped white flowers from East and Southeast Asia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Garden flower
JonquilNarcissus jonquilla
A spring-flowering daffodil with narrow leaves and sweet-scented blooms
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Lavandula pedunculata
A wild lavender with purple bracts, native to Iberia, Morocco and western Turkey
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Attarअत्तर, عطر
Traditional natural perfume oil distilled from flowers, herbs, and spices
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Flower craft
Verbena
A genus of small, spiked flowers grown in gardens and linked to ancient rituals
Verbena · Wildflower
Decoration
rose oil
Essential oil distilled from rose petals, prized in perfume and tradition
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 4 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Rose waterگلاب
Flavoured water made by steeping or distilling rose petals
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Offering or rite
Decoration
Enfleurage
A traditional French method for capturing flower fragrance in fat
🇫🇷 France · Flower craft
Decoration
Absolute
A concentrated aromatic plant extract used in perfumery
Flower craft
Decoration
Essential oil
Fragrant plant oils used for scent, flavour, and traditional remedies
🇵🇪 Peru · Flower craft
Decoration
Concrete (perfumery)
A waxy extract from flowers used to make perfume absolutes
Flower craft
French marigoldTagetes patula
A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
YellowhornXanthoceras sorbifolium
A hardy flowering tree from northern China with edible seeds and fragrant white blooms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flowering tree
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
A fragrant white daffodil linked to ancient Greek myth and poetry
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Cape aloeAloe ferox
A tall, spiny aloe from southern Africa with orange-red flowers and medicinal uses
🇱🇸 Lesotho · Wildflower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Sphaerocoryne lefevreiរំដួល
A fragrant Southeast Asian tree with cream to yellow blossoms
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 more · Wildflower
Nazareth IrisIris bismarckiana
A rare mountain iris with veined pale flowers from Israel and Lebanon
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Sweet irisIris pallida
A Mediterranean iris grown for its scented roots and pale purple flowers
🇭🇷 Croatia and 4 more · Garden flower
Guettarda speciosa
A coastal shrub with fragrant white flowers found on tropical beaches
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Attar: Kerina yin, CC0, source
- rose oil: Itineranttrader, Public domain, source
- Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Absolute: Itineranttrader, Public domain, source
- Essential oil: JJ Georges, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Concrete (perfumery): Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eucalyptus: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, source
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cyclamen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Camellia: junichiro aoyama, CC BY 2.0, source
- French marigold: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Yellowhorn: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), Public domain, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cape aloe: iNaturalist.org (Di Turner) (Di%20Turner), CC0, source
- Common Valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bitter orange: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fennel: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sweet Violet: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- White Water-lily: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Matricaria: Fir0002 20D, GFDL 1.2, source
- Sphaerocoryne lefevrei: ទេព សុវិចិត្រ at Khmer Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Nazareth Iris: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sweet iris: Pamwik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guettarda speciosa: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vanilla: Vanillinmacher at German Wikipedia, Attribution, source
- Ylang-ylang: User:B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Confederate jasmine: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jonquil: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lavandula pedunculata: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Verbena: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source