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	==Bore Shemen Arev==		==Bore Shemen Arev==
	# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on balsam oil<ref> The halacha says that on שמן אפסרמון one should recite Borei Shemen Arev. Mishna Brurah 216:22 translates אפרסמון as צרי and Jastrow translates צרי as balsam</ref> grown in ~~Israele~~.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>		# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on balsam oil<ref> The halacha says that on שמן אפסרמון one should recite Borei Shemen Arev. Mishna Brurah 216:22 translates אפרסמון as צרי and Jastrow translates צרי as balsam</ref> grown in Israel.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>

	==A Mixture of Nice Smells==		==A Mixture of Nice Smells==

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	# The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. That is, if you pick it up to eat it then one does not recite the bracha, but if one picks it up specifically to smell it one recites the bracha even if one will eat it another time.<Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 216:2 and Biur Halacha. He notes, however, that the Chazon Ish OC 35:1 holds that unless one designated the fruit only for smelling one can't recite a bracha of hanoten reyach tov bperiot on that fruit.</ref>		# The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. That is, if you pick it up to eat it then one does not recite the bracha, but if one picks it up specifically to smell it one recites the bracha even if one will eat it another time.<Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 216:2 and Biur Halacha. He notes, however, that the Chazon Ish OC 35:1 holds that unless one designated the fruit only for smelling one can't recite a bracha of hanoten reyach tov bperiot on that fruit.</ref>
	# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>		# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>
			# One who enjoys the smell of ground coffee is permitted to say "hanoten reah tov baperot" on it. <ref> Hazon Ovadia, Page 330 says that "yesh lo al ma lismoch" </ref>

	==Boreh Minei Besamim==		==Boreh Minei Besamim==

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	Just like it is forbidden to benefit from a food without making a [[Bracha Rishona]], it is also forbidden to benefit from a nice smell before making a bracha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:1</ref>		Just like it is forbidden to benefit from a food without making a [[Bracha Rishona]], it is also forbidden to benefit from a nice smell before making a bracha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:1. The Ramban Brachot 51b s.v. elu explains that chazal established birchot hanehenin for having an enjoyment that is imbibed into the body, such as a food or smell. Other pleasures, such as a nice breeze, shower, or beautiful sight are not enjoyments for a person's body directly and as such there is no institution of a birchat hanehenin for that pleasure.</ref>

	==Havdalah==		==Havdalah==
	# The Ashkenaz minhag is to make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] (בורא מיני בשמים) which is the general Bracha for nice smells at [[Havdalah]] no matter what’s being used for [[besamim]]. However, according to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that [[besamim]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref>		# The Ashkenaz minhag is to make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] (בורא מיני בשמים) which is the general Bracha for nice smells at [[Havdalah]] no matter what’s being used for [[besamim]]. However, according to Sephardim, one should make the appropriate Bracha for that [[besamim]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 297:1, Vezot HaBracha (pg 181, chapter 19) </ref>

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HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot

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	# Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref>		# Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref>
	==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot==		==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot==
	# For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:2 </ref> The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>		# For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:2 </ref>
			# The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. That is, if you pick it up to eat it then one does not recite the bracha, but if one picks it up specifically to smell it one recites the bracha even if one will eat it another time.<Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 216:2 and Biur Halacha. He notes, however, that the Chazon Ish OC 35:1 holds that unless one designated the fruit only for smelling one can't recite a bracha of hanoten reyach tov bperiot on that fruit.</ref>
	# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>		# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>

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Bore Shemen Arev

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	==Bore Shemen Arev==		==Bore Shemen Arev==
	# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on ~~a persimmon~~ grown in ~~Eretz Yisrael~~.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>		# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on balsam oil<ref> The halacha says that on שמן אפסרמון one should recite Borei Shemen Arev. Mishna Brurah 216:22 translates אפרסמון as צרי and Jastrow translates צרי as balsam</ref> grown in Israele.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>

	==A Mixture of Nice Smells==		==A Mixture of Nice Smells==
	# One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref>		# One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref>

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	# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]).		# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]).
	* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref>		* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref>
	# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. </ref>		# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. The The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 fnt. 17 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that there is no bracha of besamim for perfumes.</ref>

	==Bore Shemen Arev==		==Bore Shemen Arev==

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Boreh Minei Besamim

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	==Boreh Minei Besamim==		==Boreh Minei Besamim==
	# The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref>		# The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref>
	# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]] ), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]) </ref>		# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]).
	# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]] </ref>		* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref>
			# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. </ref>

	==Bore Shemen Arev==		==Bore Shemen Arev==

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If one’s in doubt

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	==If one’s in doubt==		==If one’s in doubt==
	# If you have a plant which has a nice smell but you personally are in doubt as to whether the Bracha is Atzei or Isbei, if it’s easy to find out the correct Bracha, one should do so, otherwise, one may make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]]. (This is different than foods where there’s an obligation to figure out the appropriate halacha instead of making [[Shehakol]].) <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>		# If you have a plant which has a nice smell but you personally are in doubt as to whether the Bracha is Atzei or Isbei, if it’s easy to find out the correct Bracha, one should do so, otherwise, one may make Boreh Minei [[Besamim]]. (This is different than foods where there’s an obligation to figure out the appropriate halacha instead of making [[Shehakol]].) <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>
	# If one is unsure whether a product has a nice or strong smell, one may smell it to check~~, make the Bracha~~, and then make the Bracha. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19), [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume4%2FIssue11.pdf Halachically Speaking] quoting Ben Ish Chai (VaEtchanan#2), Rav Chaim Kanievsky quoted in Sefer Brachos K'Hilchasan pg. 150 </ref>		# If one is unsure whether a product has a nice or strong smell, one may smell it to check, and if it has a good smell then make the Bracha and smell it again. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19), [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume4%2FIssue11.pdf Halachically Speaking] quoting Ben Ish Chai (VaEtchanan#2), Rav Chaim Kanievsky quoted in Sefer Brachos K'Hilchasan pg. 150 </ref>

	==New Smells==		==New Smells==

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	# Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref>		# Examples of shrub products that require Boreh Isbei [[Besamim]]: mint, hyacinth, daffodil (certain types). <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 174, chapter 19) </ref>
	==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot==		==HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot==
	# For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:2 </ref> The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>		# For edible fruits that give off a strong smell (from the fruit and not from the peel) the Bracha required is HaNoten Rayach Tov BaPerot.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:2 </ref> The major limitation of this category is that one should only make the Bracha for a strong smell and only if the fruit is taken to smell and not to eat. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>
	# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>		# Examples: [[Etrog]] (not on [[Sukkot]]), quince, apple, and melon. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175, chapter 19) </ref>

	==Boreh Minei Besamim==		==Boreh Minei Besamim==
	# The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref>		# The general Bracha for nice smells is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and is made for non-plant or fruit products, or for items for which there’s an unresolved dispute in the poskim.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 175-7, chapter 19) </ref>
	# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]).		# Examples: cinnamon, cloves (common for [[Havdalah]]), lemon, hot ground coffee beans (taken to smell), mixture of tree and shrub products.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]).
	* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref>		* Shulchan Aruch 212:2 writes that a fruit that is meant to be eaten the bracha is hanoten reyach tov bpeirot. His examples include cloves and cinnamon. The Shaar Hatziyun 212:12 writes that the Chaye Adam and Derech Chaim question Shulchan Aruch since cloves and cinnamon aren't meant to be eaten. The Shaar Hatziyun only accepts their claim regarding cloves but for cinnamon argues that it should be hanoten reyach tov bpeirot because cinnamon is eaten as a spice in foods. Nonetheless, he adds that it could be better to just make borei mini besamim since that cover it in any case. The Vezot Habracha p. 175 concludes that it is preferable to recite mini besamim for this reason.</ref> However, Sephardim hold that if the cinnamon or cloves were designated for smelling and not eating, such as is common for Havdalah, the bracha would be Boreh Atzi Besamim.<ref>Birkat Hashem 3:12:17. See Shulchan Aruch 216:2.</ref>
	# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. The The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 fnt. 17 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that there is no bracha of besamim for perfumes.</ref>		# For synthetic smells, as is common in cheap perfumes, some say that the Bracha is Boreh Minei [[Besamim]] and some say that there’s no Bracha on such a smell. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 182, chapter 19) quotes a dispute between Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg who says that synthetic products have a Bracha, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who holds that no Bracha is made. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2622 Rabbi Eli Mansour] quotes Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Sh"t Or Litzion volume 2: pg. 137) as well as Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia [[Berachot]] pg. 313) that a beracha should be recited. He adds that even though Chacham David Yosef (son of Chacham Ovadia) says that he convinced his father that a beracha shouldn't be recited, nevertheless, one may recite a beracha or use it for [[havdalah]]. The The Radiance of Shabbos p. 132 fnt. 17 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that there is no bracha of besamim for perfumes.</ref>

	==Bore Shemen Arev==		==Bore Shemen Arev==
	# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on a persimmon grown in Eretz Yisrael. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>		# One should make a beracha of Bore Shemen Arev on a persimmon grown in Eretz Yisrael.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:6 </ref>
	==A Mixture of Nice Smells==		==A Mixture of Nice Smells==
	# One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref>		# One should make the beracha of Bore Mine Besamim on a mixture of nice smells.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 8 </ref>

	==Scented Fluids==		==Scented Fluids==
	# One should make the Beracha of Bore Mineh Besamim on scented fluids unless it is clearly rose water. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 11 </ref>		# One should make the Beracha of Bore Mineh Besamim on scented fluids unless it is clearly rose water.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 11 </ref>

	==After the fact==		==After the fact==
	# There’s a dispute whether Bracha of [[Shehakol]] covers any Bracha for a nice smell and because of the dispute, after the fact, one may not make another Bracha. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>		# There’s a dispute whether Bracha of [[Shehakol]] covers any Bracha for a nice smell and because of the dispute, after the fact, one may not make another Bracha.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>
	# The Bracha of Atzei doesn’t cover the products that require Isbei and the Bracha of Isbei doesn't cover products that require Atzei. <Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Mishna Brurah 216:39, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>		# The Bracha of Atzei doesn’t cover the products that require Isbei and the Bracha of Isbei doesn't cover products that require Atzei. <Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:7, Mishna Brurah 216:39, Vezot HaBracha (pg 176, chapter 19) </ref>

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	==New Smells==		==New Smells==
	# One should NOT make the beracha of shehecheyanu upon smelling new scents. <ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 1; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:18 </ref>		# One should NOT make the beracha of shehecheyanu upon smelling new scents.<ref> BI"H, VaEtchanan, 1; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:18 </ref>

	==No Bracha==		==No Bracha==
	# It is forbidden to smell a scent made for Avoda Zara and all the more so it is forbidden to make a beracha on it. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:14 </ref>		# It is forbidden to smell a scent made for Avoda Zara and all the more so it is forbidden to make a beracha on it.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 58:14 </ref>
	# Certain items have no Bracha including: tavak <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]) </ref>		# Certain items have no Bracha including: tavak <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 397, Luach [[Brachot]]) </ref>
	# No Bracha is made on a smell that was absorbed or rubbed off a nice smelling product, but now there’s no substance of the Basamim existent. Example: perfume bottle, [[etrog]] box, tea leaves. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19) </ref>		# No Bracha is made on a smell that was absorbed or rubbed off a nice smelling product, but now there’s no substance of the Basamim existent. Example: perfume bottle, [[etrog]] box, tea leaves.<ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 180, chapter 19) </ref>
	# No Bracha is made of a nice smelling product that was used to remove a bad smell. For example, one does not make a bracha upon smelling the nice smell of an air freshener in a bathroom. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 179, chapter 19) </ref>		# No Bracha is made of a nice smelling product that was used to remove a bad smell. For example, one does not make a bracha upon smelling the nice smell of an air freshener in a bathroom. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 179, chapter 19) </ref>
	#The beracha of [[shehecheyanu]] is not recited on a fragrance, even those that are renewed each year. <ref> Mishna Brurah 225:16 </ref>		#The beracha of [[shehecheyanu]] is not recited on a fragrance, even those that are renewed each year.<ref> Mishna Brurah 225:16 </ref>

	==List of Brachot==		==List of Brachot==