Which rose bushes have the strongest scents, & which online stores are the best places to buy roses?

All my roses are David Austin, yes they are not cheap but they often have offers on bare root roses and the scent is usually very good, Gertrude Jekyll is lovely as is Desdemona and I love Eustacia Vye.
They are all gorgeous and healthy roses and will last for many years so I think a worthwhile investment.
Ps I don’t work for David Austin just a fan….. honestly

 

When I lived in Sydney, Aus., I included a small number of, what were claimed to be, highly scented HT roses. One was "Double Delight", which did have a moderate scent, "Blue Moon" which had very little scent, but the outstanding one was "Oklahoma". Very floriferous, very highly scented.
It is the State flower of Oklahoma and was bred by the state university.
I have tried to get it in UK, but it's not available here. I guess it just doesn't survive too well here. Pity.

 

We're still in the recognised bare root season upto end of March so should be fine.
Austin sell their bare roots upto the end of April and which I've planted before and they still flowered although a few weeks later than usual

 

@TheMadHedger I forgot to mention Chandos Beauty.... probably the most delicioua fragrance of any of my roses. It is a Harkness rose amd widely available.

 

Mayflower is highly scented and flowers none stop..Not a huge bloom but packs a punch.

 

Which have the strongest scent is very subjective. I've thought a rose has a strong scent and my wife has said she can hardly smell it, and vice versa.

 

O'er,
that's about scent being subjective @KT53, not your wife's olfactory capabilities, of which I know nothing. Honest.

 

I really dislike the scent of Gardenias and winter box, others love it.

 

I’ve seen rose bushes in a local garden, which I’ve been told are Rosa rugosa, but I never see them in the garden centres. They have dark purple flowers and a gorgeous scent, but the leaves are different from the flat shiny leaves or ‘regular’ roses ( you can tell I know nothing about roses!)
Will I have to order these on line? I’d prefer to buy in person from a centre, are they very unpopular or some reason why I haven’t seen them?

 

@Ergates Rosa Rugosa is a tough wild rose which comes from Asia and even grows on beaches. It has become invasive in America but I don't know if that applies to the ones that have been bred for gardens. The wild ones spread by suckers and seeds. It is good for hedges as it it rare for a rose to be deer resistant, which it is. It smells wonderful.

I've seen it in garden centres, I suppose it depends on the GC. David Austin has one like the one you describe but other places probably sell it more cheaply. They come in pink and white too.

 

Ah yes the rugosas are so wonderful, I snapped this beauty at Findhorn beach last May

 

@Ergates, below Rosa Rugosa have distinctive stems covered in lethal thorns.



Leaves

 

Thanks, @Sheal. I hadn’t noticed the lethal thorns, but the leaves are definitely like the ones I’d seen. I must make some more effort to find a local source. The ones I’d seen looked really healthy, and the flowers were wonderfully scented.