Rose

lat. Rosa gallica, centifollia, damascena

Group: Flowers

Rose Rosa gallica, centifollia, damascena

Rose originates from Asia and Africa. One of the major producers of natural rose oil and absolute (approx. 70% of the world's production) is Bulgaria and its valley of the roses near the city of Kazanlik. That is where the famous Bulgarian rose, or Rosa Damascena, is cultivated. It is very much appreciated by perfumers for its intensive fragrance with fruity, woodsy, or sometimes even tobacco-like nuance, depending on variance.

France and its southern part Provence, with perfume Mecca in Grasse is also a great producer of the rose oil. The variances cultivated in France are old: French rose (Rosa gallica), rose with hundred petals (Rosa centifolia) and the rose of May (rose de mai), which is produced by hybridization of the previous two. Besides Bulgaria and France, rose oil is produced in Iran, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey and Germany.

Rose oil is produced by steam distillation of fresh rose petals. Rose oil is light yellow, sometimes with slightly green nuance, with intensive scent of fresh rose. It takes 3000 kilograms of rose petals to produce 1 kilogram of rose oil. Rose absolute is produced by chemical extraction from fresh rose petals. Absolute comes as orange, orange-red, or orange-olive dense liquid with very intense, rich and deep rose scent, warm and a bit spicy with more or less accentuated honey nuance.

Perfumes and Colognes With Rose

perfume Chanel N°5 Chanel Chanel N°5
1921 for women

perfume Hypnotic Poison Dior Hypnotic Poison
1998 for women

perfume Shalimar Guerlain Shalimar
1925 for women

perfume Angel Thierry Mugler Angel
1992 for women

perfume Coco Chanel Coco
1984 for women

perfume Flowerbomb Viktor&Rolf Flowerbomb
2005 for women

perfume Midnight Poison Dior Midnight Poison
2007 for women

perfume Poison Dior Poison
1985 for women

perfume Dior Addict Dior Dior Addict
2002 for women

perfume Flora by Gucci Gucci Flora by Gucci
2009 for women

perfume Samsara Guerlain Samsara
1989 for women

perfume Idylle Guerlain Idylle
2009 for women

perfume Ricci Ricci Nina Ricci Ricci Ricci
2009 for women

perfume Lola Marc Jacobs Lola
2009 for women

perfume Purr Katy Perry Purr
2010 for women

perfume Mitsouko Guerlain Mitsouko
1919 for women

perfume Body Burberry Body
2011 for women

perfume Dune Dior Dune
1991 for women

perfume Dolce Vita Dior Dolce Vita
1994 for women

perfume Amor Amor Cacharel Amor Amor
2003 for women

perfume Allure Sensuelle Chanel Allure Sensuelle
2006 for women

perfume Insolence Guerlain Insolence
2006 for women

perfume London Burberry London
2006 for women

perfume Tresor Lancome Tresor
1990 for women

perfume Arpege Lanvin Arpege
1927 for women

perfume Glow Jennifer Lopez Glow
2002 for women

perfume Chanel N°19 Chanel Chanel N°19
1970 for women

perfume Noa Cacharel Noa
1998 for women

perfume Dreamer Versace Dreamer
1996 for men

perfume Egoiste Chanel Egoiste
1990 for men

perfume CK One Calvin Klein CK One
1994 for women and men

perfume Anais Anais Cacharel Anais Anais
1978 for women

perfume CH Carolina Herrera CH
2007 for women

perfume Prada (Amber) Prada Prada (Amber)
2004 for women

perfume Envy Me Gucci Envy Me
2004 for women

perfume Pure DKNY Donna Karan Pure DKNY
2010 for women

perfume Poeme Lancome Poeme
1995 for women

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