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I asked the worldwide internet when magnolias flower. Here is the answer I received:

Most magnolia trees flower between late winter and early summer, with deciduous types (like star and saucer magnolias) blooming from late February to April, and evergreen Southern magnolias blooming mainly from May to July.

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On the last Lord’s Day I wore Pecksniff’s Men’s Eau de Toilette, a blending of ‘lemon, bergamot and green apple’. Despite the essential Frenchness of men dowsing themselves in scent, Pecksniff's (a made-up name, surely?) makes its products in Britain: