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Re: Fragrance and perfume
Like most plants of the sage family, lavender is aromatic, rather than fragrant; i.e. the plant only smells when it is bruised and the oil is released. I once mistook a bottle of lavender oil for another containing medicine, and can confirm first-hand that lavender's culinary delights do not extend to its taste. Animals that attempt to eat the plant probably associate the unpleasant taste more powerfully with the plant (which is quite distinctive) because it is accompanied by the release of a particular smell, in much the same way that smelling a particular food when you are nauseous could put you off that food for a long time. (Admittedly, this is just my guess.)
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