Its botanical name, “Osmanthus fragrans,” means “fragrant ... composed a piece about the sweet smell of fragrant olive flowers. “I inhale (the scent of) mokusei/ So deeply that/ I feel ...

It's tea olive, the glossy-leaved shrub known by the scientific name Osmanthus fragrans. Commonly, you can call the plant tea ...

When the blooms appear, the heady fragrance of a tea olive tree is liable to make you swoon. Fact checked by Jillian Dara ...

The moonlight makes the garden shine pale and white, and the cool dew wets the flowers of the osmanthus. The small petals are not clearly visible. Perhaps that made their sweet fragrance seem all ...