Luxurious man, to bring his vice in use,
Did after him the world seduce,
And from the fields the flowers and plants allure
Where Nature was most plain and pure.
He first inclosed within the gardens square
A dead and standing pool of air,
And a more luscious earth for them did knead
Which stupefied them while it fed.
The pink grew then as double as his mind;
The nutriment did change the kind.
With strange perfumes he did the roses taint;
And flowers themselves were taught to paint.
The tulip white did for complexion seek,
And learned to interline its cheek;
Roses in flower shops are often sprayed with a florid scent to make them more appealing to customers, however  recently  flowers engineered for longevity are scent less 
 
 Perfumes are also made from roses –  rose oil  is an extremely compressed product of roses that is a major ingredient
The Mower Against The Gardens