It is smelling like Black licorice to me. Yummy.

Quote Originally Posted by prem
now try smelling it earlier in the afternoon...I'm betting you'll catch more of a fragrance then. It is unusual, in my experience, for an orchid flower to be fragrant at all times of the day...most have a peak fragrance time and are then only mildly fragrant (or not fragrant at all) during off-peak hours. I've often noticed that, often, as flowers age, the peak time extends into the non-peak hours (i.e. they are fragrant for more of the day).

---Prem