the essence of many perfumes comes from the oils in the petals of fresh flowers,such as the rose, carnation, and orange blossom .however, frances can lso come from the leaves of plants lavender , pepopmint , and geramium leaves . in addition , the oils of nnmon and balsam are derived from dark , while the oil of ceder comes from its wood. the fragance of ginger and sassafras comes from roots, where as that of orange , lemon , and nutmeg come from seeds . ciearly, we derive fragrances for perfumes from variouns parts of plants.