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Hello, all the noses. This is our monthly update from Gatsby. Look what happened at Nose of Gatsby this month.

Be a kid…

What is your childhood memory? I remember running around at the tea farm with friends, playing hide and seek, getting muddy, and breathing the air of fresh-cut grass. Number 10 has many meanings in different cultures, X, makes me recall my background. 10th also feels like a soul starting to grow up, a moment to take more responsibility. A soul that is starting to feel and get to know this world more.

Nose of Gatsby released its 10th fragrance, NAIVE. The fresh floral scent opens the journey of NAIVE and the youthful fig juice aroma quickly follows up. Fresh hay-like tobacco comes soon after with incense and sandalwood in the base note. During the entire trip to NAIVE, the clean and rich aromatic Taiwanese black tea accord will be noticed.

NAIVE is available in Eau de Parfum 50mL, 10mL, and sample. For frequent travelers, Liquid Salve is a perfect option for your immediate needs.
 

Spring Festival

Celebrating springtime, In Taiwan, we feast for several days. There is a dish, now very famous nowadays, which I love is called Hotpot. Hotpot not only visually looks pleasant, but it also means all your family members and friends can get around at the same table, cook, and eat together. There are three key points to making a perfect hotpot, the freshness of the ingredients, the well-prepared soup base, and loved ones. The last one is the most important.

Like every child in Taiwan, we get most excited by receiving lucky money from our parents and any adults (in theory.) Adults will put money into a *red envelope and seal it, preparing to give it away after the Lunar New Year dinner. As a child, one of the most anticipated moments is to check how much we get after dinner. Of course, we can’t open it in front of envelope givers.

Besides planning how to use the money, I remember the scent of the red envelope. It is so fragrant. It makes any money inside the bag smell wonderful. It is strangely pleasant, floral, and synthetic. Over time, I naturally associated money with the scent.
 

A Special Black Tea

In Taiwan, it is called Ruby Black Tea. It grows in the high-altitude mountains of Taiwan, in the Sun Moon Lake near the NanTou (南投.) It is famous because of its taste. It has a very smooth, slightly floral, honey-like flavor. Depending on the time of harvesting, it will have different notes in it. In springtime, it will feature more floral notes. Wintertime will have a mild cinnamon scent in it.

Tips for brewing black tea. Do not steep the leaves (or tea bags) too long. Do not squeeze the tea bag in the water. (I used to do it when I was a kid.) Squeezing the tea bag will push more tanning from the teabag, creating a bitter and bad taste in the tea. Add milk, sugar, or boba as desired.

Fun Fig Facts

Eating a half cup of figs provides as much calcium as drinking a half cup of milk.

According to Pliny the Elder, figs were important to Ancient Romans for their restorative properties. Romans believed figs made their youth stronger and their elders healthier and less wrinkled.

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