I used to not be a big fan of roses -- but with over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars, I've definitely found some I love!
Yes and their smell is very distinctive. 
They have got to be one of the most popular ingredients in perfumes -- and they have a cultural significance in many societies, too.
I personally don't like rose smelling perfumes but a red rose is considered a symbol of love.
Red Rose of Lancaster
The Red Rose of Lancaster (a rose gules) is the county flower of Lancashire.
The exact species or cultivar which the red rose relates to is uncertain, but it is thought to be "Rosa gallica officinalis".
The rose was first adopted as an heraldic device by the first Earl of Lancaster. It was one of the badges of Henry IV of England, the first king of the House of Lancaster. Following the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, it became the emblem
published by EMI Music Publishing, London, 1977:"
I'm a young girl, and have just come over,
Over from the country where they do things big,
And amongst the boys I've got a lover,
And since I've got a lover, why I don't care a fig.
The boy that I love, they call him a cobbler,
But he's not a cobbler, allow me to state.
For Johnny is a tradesman and he works in the