Personally, I find the scent of some lilies so cloying as to be rank and positively unpleasant
Every year my mother-in-law grows paperwhites in a pot of water in the house. Many people find the smell of these narcissus-like flowers pleasant, but I always refer to them as "Bakelites", because the odor reminds me of burning Bakelite. On the other hand, I really like the musky smells of civet and ferret, and many animal smells which others don't care for.
On the "body odour" thing - my husband told me he'd read an article that said the smell of the male armpit is apparently calming to women. Something about the pheromones, I imagine. After we quit rolling around on the floor laughing, I suggested that I should make a voodoo doll using his armpit hair for anxious moments when he isn't around....
