This is Daphne odoura (also called Winter Daphne) a very beautiful little flower with a very sweet and longlasting scent. Plant it by the front door to catch the scent as you walk by. It is evergreen and blooms at the end of winter.
Well here are the bad and the ugly. Skunk Cabbage---the flower when disturbed emits a foul odor hence the name skunk. One of the early Spring plants. Grows in ditches and wetlands.