The intense scents of summer are welcoming visitors to the Eden Project with the opening of a new Perfume Garden.

Inspired by Moorish gardens of old, the plot sits in a sunny spot within Eden’s Mediterranean Biome and will be the source of heady aromas all through the seasons.  It is one of the planting projects marking the 15th year since Eden fully opened.

Biome supervisor Catherine Cutler said the fragrances would change with the seasons, with different plants and flowers blooming through the year.

’There will be a good range of base, mid and top notes with jonquil and parma violets budding in spring, saffron in autumn and lavender, rosemary and eucalyptus that can be enjoyed all year round,’   she said. 

Right now summer scents are predominant.  Visitors are enjoying a mix that includes lily, a sour orange tree renowned for the scent of its flowers and ever-popular rose and pelargonium.