Rose Absolute Bulgaria

ROSE  (rosa damascena) Rose has been prized as a plant and a healer for thousands of years. The Valley of Roses in Bulgaria is where this creation is grown...it is the only place in the world were the rose grows with underground rivers. The rose then gets all the wonderful humidity from morning till night. That is what makes the Bulgarian rose the most lipid and perfect for skin and body care, the humidity gives it so much more inherent moisture and hydrating properties. Turkish and Persian roses don't have that. Bulgaria has 2300 botanicals in their genealogy. The Valley of the Roses is where the East meets West. The Rose came from the foot hills of China through the Silk Road and Turkish country side and then into Bulgaria. When the Turks invaded Bulgaria, they brought the rose with them. They didn't know of the Valley of Roses then, now it is180 square miles of rose farms. The rose loves the geological traits of the land...enough sun and rain, which is perfect for the rose. Rose is one of the most precious plant substances in the world, it is most precious for perfumery and skin and body care and prized for its skin rejuvenating abilities, scar healing and help with female concerns. The rose takes 1000 pounds of the rose petals to make a pound of oil, hence the extravagant price...but oh so worth it! Blends well with blood orange, clementine, tangerine, lemon, lime, yuzu, clary sage, lavender, sandalwood, Peru balsam, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla, cardamom, cocoa bean, coffee, jasmine, ylang ylang , petitgrain sur fleur and all florals and floral absolutes.