hana.neroliin Florals & Bouquets · Vancouver ·
DiscoveryOsmanthus outside a Vancouver tea shop smells of apricot
On my walk there's an osmanthus shrub flowering beside a little tea shop, tiny pale orange flowers you'd never notice, and the whole block smells of ripe apricot. My grandmother in Japan called it kinmokusei and for her it meant autumn. The osmanthus page says the flowers are infused with tea in China, which made me smile on the way in.
3 comments
joon.yuzu
TL;DR: hunting for one in Seattle this weekend. Apricot plus tea is my whole personality. That's my two cents.
carys.cardiff
The same page describes the absolute as apricot-like, honeyed and leathery. The leather surprised me.
hana.neroli
It's there under the fruit, like the inside of an old tea chest.