{"product_id":"a1c1_osmanthus-botanical-water-bottle-china-native","title":"A1C1_Osmanthus Botanical Water Bottle | China Native","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlower Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Osmanthus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBottle Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-grade stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 oz (500 ml)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 10.5″ × 2.85″ (27 × 7 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacuum flask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-wall construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowling pin shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdorless and leak-proof cap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeps liquids hot or cold for 6 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Osmanthus\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Osmanthus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus\u003c\/em\u003e (genus, family Oleaceae)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative country\/region:\u003c\/strong\u003e China and eastern Asia (including Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas), with a few species from the Caucasus, New Caledonia, and Sumatra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlant size:\u003c\/strong\u003e A small to medium shrub or tree; the genus ranges from 2–12 m (7–39 ft) tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Typically white; some cultivars bear deep golden-orange flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Depending on species, flowers are produced in spring, summer, or autumn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat It's Known For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe genus name \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus\u003c\/em\u003e is derived from the Greek \u003cem\u003eosma\u003c\/em\u003e (fragrance) and \u003cem\u003eanthos\u003c\/em\u003e (flower) — literally, \"fragrant flower\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOsmanthus has been documented in China since the Warring States period, referenced in the ancient text \u003cem\u003eShanhai Jing\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eClassic of Mountains and Seas: Classic of the Southern Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flowers of \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus fragrans\u003c\/em\u003e carry a scent frequently likened to apricot and peach, and are used extensively across East Asia for their fragrance and flavour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn China, osmanthus flowers are combined with black or green tea leaves to produce osmanthus tea, a widely consumed flavoured tea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Liuzhou, osmanthus is used to flavour a locally brewed beer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet osmanthus and osmanthus tea are particularly associated with the city of Guilin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Japan, \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus fragrans\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003eaurantiacus\u003c\/em\u003e — known as \u003cem\u003ekin-mokusei\u003c\/em\u003e (golden osmanthus) — is a favourite garden shrub, prized for its deep golden flowers and intense sweet fragrance; a white-flowered variant, \u003cem\u003egin-mokusei\u003c\/em\u003e, is also widely cultivated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach individual flower measures only around 1 cm in length, yet produces a fragrance powerful enough to carry well beyond the plant itself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOsmanthus are evergreen plants that flower on old wood — a pruned plant may produce few or no flowers for one to five or more years until new growth matures sufficiently\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a moment, in the early days of a Chinese autumn, when the air changes before you can explain why. Something sweet arrives — apricot-soft, faintly warm, edged with something you can't quite name. You look for the source and find almost nothing: clusters of tiny white or gold flowers, barely a centimetre across, tucked into the dark evergreen leaves of a shrub you might have walked past a hundred times. This is osmanthus. Its presence arrives through scent long before it arrives through sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat paradox — enormous fragrance from an almost invisible flower — has fascinated China for more than two thousand years. The earliest written record of osmanthus appears in the \u003cem\u003eShanhai Jing\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eClassic of Mountains and Seas\u003c\/em\u003e, one of China's oldest surviving texts, compiled during the Warring States period (475–221 BCE). The passage describes the first peak of the Que Mountain range, rising by the western sea, where many osmanthus trees grow alongside veins of metal and jade. Even then, osmanthus was grouped with things of value. It was not a decorative detail. It belonged beside treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe association deepened over the centuries. In Guilin — a city whose name itself is sometimes translated as \"Forest of Sweet Osmanthus\" — the flower became woven into local identity, its blossoms flavouring teas and foods, its scent marking the shift of the season. Across East Asia, the flowers of \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus fragrans\u003c\/em\u003e were dried and blended with black or green tea leaves to produce osmanthus tea, a tradition that continues today. In Liuzhou, the flowers found their way into locally brewed beer. In Japan, the golden-flowered variety known as \u003cem\u003ekin-mokusei\u003c\/em\u003e became a beloved garden shrub, and its white-flowered counterpart \u003cem\u003egin-mokusei\u003c\/em\u003e a quieter companion — both recognised by scent the moment autumn arrived. A flower so small it is almost invisible to the eye became one of the most immediately recognisable presences of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat osmanthus teaches is that impact is not always proportional to size. The flowers are modest by almost every visual measure — four-lobed, tubular, no wider than a thumbnail. But the fragrance they carry stops people mid-step. Rooted in the soils of China and Japan, where its cultivation and cultural life stretch back millennia, osmanthus built rituals, recipes, and seasonal ceremonies around a bloom that most people could barely describe from memory, but would recognise blindfolded in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something worth carrying in that idea — the reminder that the most enduring things are not always the loudest. That what lasts is often small, specific, and quietly extraordinary. The osmanthus does not ask to be noticed. It simply fills the air, and people return to it, season after season, for thousands of years. That is why Hibiscus chose this story to travel with you: because the best things — a scent, a season, a cup of tea — are the ones you reach for without thinking, until one day you realise you always have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat It Stands For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsmanthus stands for the quiet power of things that endure — beauty that arrives through fragrance rather than spectacle, and meaning that deepens the longer you return to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Perfect Gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in your life who loves the natural world — who has a soft spot for flowers, feels most at home outdoors, or simply appreciates a beautiful thing that means something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a milestone, or any day that deserves a gift she'll actually use. Whether it goes on the trail, to the desk, or on the kitchen bench — it'll be reached for every single day. And every time she does, she carries a story from somewhere real, something that has lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just a bottle. The whole story. She just gets to drink from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Hibiscus Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54067203211607,"sku":"HB-A1C1F06-S12","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/7555\/3367\/files\/bottle_front_V02_01.12_1e141f59-8b7c-4808-aa4a-3bab0a811be2.png?v=1784474180","url":"https:\/\/hibiscusstudio.co\/products\/a1c1_osmanthus-botanical-water-bottle-china-native","provider":"Hibiscus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}