Do Baby's Breath flowers really smell like a baby's breath?

Where did the name for these flowers originate?

Do Baby's Breath flowers really smell like a baby's breath?
Not really, but they are small and very cuddly and look nice.
Reply:No, Baby's breath is a term used to refer to annual flowers in the genus Gypsophila, all of which are characterized by highly branched stems and small white to pink flowers.


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Reply:NNNNNNnnooo; but after smelling them you will certainly sneaze like a baby.
Reply:yes they do...while they are pretty, they smell fainly of spit up.
Reply:No. They are the size of baby buds on regular plants at their full size.
Reply:no they don't smell like a baby's breath.it's because the flowers are so tiny.
Reply:I don't think flowers that smell of puke would sell very well.
Reply:no, because all babies have different breath. breast fed, bottle fed, cereal eating, they all smell differently. just like roses dont smell good, contrary to how they are romanticized