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バラは甘い香りがする。
バラは香りが甘い。
Roses smell sweet.
Is the second sentence natural? The internet provides disturbingly few uses of 香りが甘い. If it's not natural, why not?
If it is natural, is there any difference in nuance/use between these two sentences?
My question is about the general case where する is used to describe a characteristic of something, and whether it can be transformed to a sentence of the second type, rather than just the specific example above.
バラは甘い香りがする
As you described in your question, it is more natural than latter one since it is the characteristic of roses.
バラは香りが甘い。
You do not have to specify the smell of roses as a topic in most cases since it is common for everyone know the smell, so it sounds bit unnatural.
