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Just came back from a 5-days Beijing tour and both my wife & I are still very much mesmerised by the sweet wonderful aromatic autumm smell of this very typical Chinese plant that used to adorn the various housing of the royals. Yes, the plant I refers to is the Osmanthus Fragrance (Gui Hua in chinese) plant that starts blooming in early autumm. [/color]Some notes:- The Different Company's Osmanthus - "the reminiscence of a Chinese garden". The osmanthus fragrans is a Chinese tree whose scent is often referred to as "the Perfume of perfumes". The osmanthus flower blooms in autumn and its most intense aroma emanates from the most frangible of the existing species, floating and dancing on whispers of breeze, touching the hearts of the Chinese with nostalgia and remembrance of things past. Its purely poetic refinement is depicted in legend involving the giant, Wu Gang, who, driven mad with jealousy, repeatedly attempts to eradicate Osmonthe due to its pure and intoxicating floral redolence. Jean-Claude Ellena designed this first of the series in an effort to keep alive the memory of an emotion that struck him during a visit to The Forbidden City - bestowing us with the delicacy of this distant land and the mysteries of its most prized flower. I'm looking for the following and appreciate if anyone can assist:- 1. Gui Hua plant (where to get in Singapore) 2. Gui Hua Perfume (seems like Tang carries them, will check) - found Osmanthus EDT by The different Co. - found Osmanthus Yunnan by Hermes 3. Just tasted Osmanthus Green tea by Heaven & Earth