would smell as sweet" is a popular reference to William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her rival's house of Montague, that is, that he is named "Montague."
My wife and I went for a walk at the park. Following I walked behind their garage and saw that the roses were in full bloom. Red ones, pink ones and yellow ones! But alas there was no sweet fragrances filling the air.