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Indeed, there are some things which smell quite good to some people, but are offensive to others. The rose—who would deny it has a pleasing scent? It takes its name from the Greek word ozo to smell. Hence Plutarch writes in Symposiacs, book 3, question 2: original: "τὸ δὲ ῥόδον ὠνομάσθαι δήπουθεν ὅτι ῥεῦμα πολὺ διὰ τῆς ὀδωδῆς ἀφίησι." The rose is called rhodon rose by the Greeks, undoubtedly because it exhales a great deal of scent. Hence Horace, book 1, Ode 5:

And of Lucius Aelius Verus, Spartianus writes in his biography: He had a bed made with four cushions stuffed with rose petals, with the white parts removed, surrounded by a fine net; he covered himself with a sheet made of lilies, and he was anointed with Persian perfumes. And yet, there are some who could not endure the scent of roses, however pleasant it might be. It would not be inappropriate, I think, to present examples using the authors' own words. Pierius Valerianus provides the first two in book 8 of his Hieroglyphics, where he discusses the scarab beetle, speaking as follows: There are, he says, very many among the human race who cannot bear the scent of roses, and among these are men of great value. For when I was in Rome, I saw Oliverius Caraffa

perhaps Scaliger had this very Cardinal in mind in Exercitationes 153, section 10, writing thus: The Cardinal