"The vines in flower are all fragrance."

This photograph is of Japanese Honeysuckle, which seems to have been brought to North America in the 1800's from Japan. Downside: It has made itself so at home, it is considered a detestable, forest-choking, invasive weed in some parts of the country. But that's not the point here.

There are about 180 identified species of Honeysuckle in the world. Twenty of them are native to North America. More often than not, Honeysuckle is discovered not because its flowers are large and eye-catching, but because, walking along a country road or edge of the woods somewhere, the fragrance will surprise you, reach out and grab your attention, and you'll feel compelled to go off the road searching, "Where is that scent coming from?"

In referencing, vines that are all fragrance, maybe it was one of the many Honeysuckle species that got the attention of the writer of the Song of Songs who then made a spiritual connection: 

I can hear my true love calling to me: Rise up, rise up quickly, dear heart, so gentle, so beautiful, rise up and come away with me. Winter is over now, the rain has passed by. At home, the flowers have begun to blossom; pruning time has come; we can hear the turtle-dove cooing already, there at home. There is green fruit on the fig-trees; the vines in flower are all fragrance. Rouse thee, and come, so beautiful, so well beloved, still hiding thyself as a dove hides in cleft rock or crannied wall. Song of Songs 2: 10-13

These are the thoughts of someone head-over-heels in love. And the biblical writer sees in this, God's love for humankind. This is how God loves us! We might furthermore recall the many instances in St. Mark's Gospel where Jesus (vine-like/fragrance-like) reaches out and takes the weak one by the hand and raises him or her up in healing. God, drawing us up and into God's own love!

It'll be many weeks before anyone in North America will detect the scent of Honeysuckle, but when it does reveal itself, we might remember God, after the winter of our alienation, still finding us alluring (can you imagine!) and that we might think of God, and love God, similarly.