Yes, they exist! Deer hate fragrant blooms from certain herbs like lavender and especially sweet-smelling flowers, like peonies. They'll also stay away from toxic plants.

Does lavender keep deer away?

Although aromatic and pleasant to us, many herbs have the opposite effect on deer and other animals that find them unpalatable. ... Other attractive and traditional aromatic herbs that usually repel deer are lavender of all kinds (Lavandula), catnip (Nepeta), germander (Teucrium ) and lavender cotton (Santolina).

Will deer walk through lavender?

Many flowering herbs, including sage, thyme, lavender, and oregano, fit in this group. ... Plants with heavily fragranced foliage, such as this annual salvia, are often deer resistant. Toxic foliage: Among my list of must-have deer resistant plants are those that contain compounds toxic to deer.