Humans like flowers that look nice and smell nice, but how do these characteristics help flowers in their real role in plant reproduction? We will see how the shapes and colors of flowers as well as the odors they emit act as animal attractants, even with flowers that are repulsive to humans. Then we will briefly explore how people have used flowers from stone age funerals 12,000 years ago to the invention of Chanel No. 5 in 1921.