Journal — rosa damascena

Rosewater is actually the byproduct of steam distilling rose petals into essential oil or the highest grade of distillation: absolute.  Indian Damask Rosewater is steam distilled hydrosol water made from Rosa Damascena rose petals.  Rosa Damascena or Rose Damask has a bright heirloom rose smell.  The kind of smell until recently seemed to have been bred out of commercially available roses.  I come across several 50-60 year old heirloom rose bushes on my usual walking route and I always stop and smell the sublime berry-like scent when one is in bloom. As opposed to the Bulgarian rosewater that I sell,...