Lilacs - the smell of spring to me. When I was a kid, every spring I can remember my mom loving to get Lilacs. Sometimes we were fortuante enough to have them in the yard, or we'd get them from a neighbor but she would always fill all her vases with them and put them all over the house. They do smell so good and very fragrant, and well VA doesn't really have alot of lilacs. Funny thing though, the day before yesterday I found out that the shrub out in my front lawn is actually a fledgling little lilac bush. It is just starting to bud out and smells just like those first warm days of spring when I was a kid. I can't look at a lilac tree and not think of my mom. Love you, Mom and thanks!