Scent of Magnolia Inspired in the specially written for Billie Holiday song "Strange Fruit". In the middle of the XX century, black people were hanged and burned to death in magnolia trees in the southern estates of the United States. Technical Information | Title: Scent of Magnolia; Size: 79 x 118 inches (2 x 3 meter); Technique: Mixed technique with wine, acrylic and alcohol on canvas tensed over wood structure.