I have been wondering for years if the scent of this rose was identical to Mme Isaac Pereire's, from which Mme Ernst Calvat supposedly sported (Graham Stuart Thomas declared MEC in his garden reverted to MIP, and so there should be no doubt about the sporting). I finally got this rose and while the scents are comparable in intensity, I think MEC is somewhat more citrusy and less quintessentially rosy than MIP. (To me, there are two quintessential rose scents: the true damask scent of Quatre Saisons or Kazanlik, and the scent of MIP; I never detected raspberries in MIP at all, despite its scent being often described in that way). Although not as distinctive as MIP's, the scent of MEC is very good. Unfortunately, I don't care for MEC's looks -- the combination of that shade of pink with the untidy quartering is just a little dowdy. I think MIP's bloom form is superior to MEC -- not just on my plant, which I acquired only last year and so might not be putting out its best display (though it is quite covered in buds), but in the photographs posted on HMF too.