| It was the smell of flowers with overtones of gardenia and jasmine, unmistakably his mother's perfume that he kept hidden away in his little tin box. He had already been perched precariously on the precipice of emotion, and now the flooding scent and attendant memories staggered him. [2, p. 85] |
Gardenia refers to any tree or shrub that belongs to the genus Gardenia, or the flowers that grow from them. I don't know that they have one characteristic smell, but a Google search turns up pictures of white flowers. So if they all produce white flowers for the most part, then maybe they smell similar, too?
Jasmine refers to any of various plants belonging to the genus Jasminum. They usually have fragrant flowers.
Precarious refers to something that is uncertain--as in, something that may be arbitrary.
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