My sister in law told me that she hates the smell of lilies, and I can completely understand why. The smell is sweet, but it has a powerful chemical background smell that sometimes overpowers the desirable characteristics. I still like it, but some people just hate it!
I've never grown any of the "odd" or non-commercial variants of trumpet lilies until now, and what I learned is they don't all smell the same! Lilium x Goldsmith has a fragrance that isn't over-powering, and the best I can describe it is ripe sweet bananas with a hint of citrus in the background without any chemical underto