What makes flowers smell good?
Why they smell???? Like us, plants can’t move from one place to another. So to reproduce, they have evolved to attract insects for the transfer of pollen. Scent is one way flowers have developed to attract specific insects or animals for pollination and nector. Why they smell good???? The fact that flowers smell good is simply nature’s way of making sure the cycle of life for the plants continues with no interruption. The black art of the flowers is that of animal seduction and manipulation, and we are the ones that are seduced and manipulated. Humans do not use flowers for food, so why are we attracted to these floral scents? One reason is that ripe fruit emit aromas that are either identical or structurally similar to those of the flowers. The plants rely on homologous chemicals partly for economy, partly to confuse animals consuming their fruit: the animals exploring flowers for edibility become inadvertent pollinators. Another reason is that our primate ancestors were occasional in
