Gorse-scented but not gorse...

I love the smell of gorse - warm and coconutty with a bit of vanilla. But it is not a friendly plant to have in a garden, and no-one has developed a thornless one. So do you know of other garden plants that has the same perfume? I have just noticed that my clump of corydalis flexuosa seems to have nearly the same scent (though you have to stick your nose in to notice), and I have got a young plant of eucomis zambesiaca which is supposed to be coconut scented (maybe I'll find out this year...). But do you know of anything else please? Any suggestions gratefully received

 

@CarolineL
If you have a sheltered spot you could try Azara microphylla, this has small, almost insignificant, yellow flowers in late winter/early spring that have a chocolatey vanilla smell. My garden is a bit too windy to get the full benefit of the scent.

 

Don't know about 'coconut' scent, but if I could only have one scented shrub in the garden, it'd have to be Viburnum carlcephalum....

 

Rue or herb of grace (ruta graveolens) has a very coconutty smell to my mind - the leaves rather than the insignificant little yellow flowers. It's an attractive plant, relatively easy to obtain and grow, but you may lose it in a hard winter. My only caveat is that some people have a strong allergic reaction to it - just touching will give them blisters. Ruta graveolens - Wikipedia

 

I love the viburnum smell - more like carnation I think. Surprised that Rue is coconutty. NigelJ - my garden is pretty windswept - azara would have to be in my polytunnel!