What does death smell like? I’m guessing that many of you might say flowers. But not just any flowers. Heavily fragrant flowers. Dozens and dozens of them. Huge floral arrangements freshly plucked and designed to impress ooze that honeysuckle smell that masks the decomposition of the body. These aren’t light, wisps of perfume but a pungent, aromatic, overwhelmingly oppressive scent that chokes our senses, even as it chokes us up emotionally. Why? Because for us, this is the scent of funerals and memorial services. Whether in a church or in a viewing space, the sheer number of fresh, floral arrangements, containing several deeply ambrosial kinds of flowers, fills the air in that room with a thick, sickening aroma that reminds us with every molecule of our senses that our loved one lies sile…