Known globally for their classic beauty and timeless fragrance, roses have also been an integral part of the beauty practices of many societies worldwide with parts of India and the Middle East as key examples. India accounts for a significant amount of global exports for rose products like rose essential oil, rose absolutes and rose attars.
India's age old connection with Roses
Indian Rose is as old as we can imagine essence to be. The association of roses with India's history goes back to well over 5000 years as Rose is considered to be Lord Krishna’s favorite flower. Rose, the flower of love, passion, and charm was first distilled into rose essential oil in the ancient perfume capital of the world Kannauj during the Mughal era in the last 400 years. The artisans in kannauj used a traditional hydrolysis method called deg bhapka to obtain the surreal scent of rose in a liquid.
The soil and climatic conditions in India are ideal for generating and growing the best Rosa Damascena plants, which generate exceptional quality Rose essential oil. India's diverse geography allows it to grow many varieties of roses. However, Damask rose, or Rosa damascene is one of the most coveted varieties in the world and is grown exclusively in the Gangetic plains of the Himalayas. Apart from these areas in the state of Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, other varieties of Rose are also found in hotter regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Even the odour profile of Indian rose essential oil is unquestionably one of the best in the world.
What is Special about Damask Rose Essential Oil?
Damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill) is a scented rose species widely used for preparing value-added products. What fascinates us most about the Damask rose is that each one is hand-picked at a specific soothing time of day. Harvested from the valleys directly, each flower is gathered early in the morning before it has had a chance to bloom. This ensures each one retains the highest concentration of fragrance and delivers an intense perfume. Rose essential oil is a must ingredient for many industries like cosmetic, perfumery, aromatherapy and personal care.
How is Damask Rose Oil Extracted in Indian Farms?
The gorgeous fragrant roses for our Damask Rose Hydrolat are handpicked from farms.
The roses are steam-distilled the traditional way, resulting in a gorgeous liquid filled with the essential oil of damask roses, which is a soothing miracle for your skin and soul. Mist it whenever and wherever you need the gentle, loving, calming, nurturing magic of the damask rose.
How Simple is it to Buy Authentic Indian Damask Rose Oil ?
As fascinating as it sounds, We will have to bring you back to the reality of markets in India. When looking to buy rose essential oil, we often find extreme price fluctuations with similar promises of quality. Of course, it is impossible to have these many prices for the same quantity and similar varieties. So how do we ensure we only buy authentic rose oil?
For that, we need to understand various ways of adulterating rose essential oil and ways to avoid it.
Adulteration Technique 1- Guaiac Wood oil is often used in the adulteration of rose oil from Bulgaria and has a pleasant tea-rose-like aroma. But this can be determined.
Avoiding tip: If you can see small crystals (guaiacol crystals) which separate from the oil upon cooling and have a different form than rose essential oil crystals this means the rose essential oil is mixed with guaiac wood oil. Adulteration Technique 2 - Palmarosa and Geranium oil are often used as replacements for Rose essential oil as they have Geraniol content.
Avoiding tip: Getting a GC MS test done for your oil sample and matching it relatively common chemical composition (citronellal 24-64%, geraniol 63-84%, nerol 1-10% , phenylethyl alcohol 0-1%, esters of geraniol 0-3.5%, eugenol 0-1%, stearoptene 7-25%, rose oxide 0.5%, nerol oxide 0.05%, methyl eugenol 2.0%, farnesol1.5%)
Adulteration Technique 3 - Selling Synthetic rose oil in the name of pure rose oil.
Avoiding tip: Check for Iodine as Synthetic rose essential oil will be deodorized (odor will be eliminated) with iodine
Innoveo Exports - Your Sourcing Representative in India
We at Innoveo Exports partner with reliable & trustworthy Rose farmers provide us with the most authentic produce. Our only mission is to act on your behalf and procure & provide the purest products with stringent checking and keeping costs in control.
We have also joined hands with various research institutes like CSIR-IHBT, IIIM Jammu and DMARP which help us with the latest technological advancements both during cultivation as well as for the extraction process. Finally, our product undergoes a complete quality check before the dispatch of every lot.
We celebrate the rich knowledge and heritage of India through our products, sourcing rare ingredients from different parts of the country.
We would love to share some of our samples , understand your specific requirements and be a part of your journey in making world-class perfumes using rose oil.
Allow us to be your one-point sourcing contact. Click here to buy Rose Products.
Love, Innoveo Export Team
Some Cool Facts About Rose
Did you know Roses carry the Highest Frequency of any Plant on Earth?
Adding more roses to our lives can help keep our frequencies high. Low frequencies can manifest as low vibrational thoughts like hate/grudges, apathy, and even sickness. Rose is associated with the Heart chakra and encourages love in all forms, peace, luck, forgiveness, and passion. Rose is also a healthy & natural aphrodisiac.
Still curious about the benefits of rose products?
Benefits of Damask Rose Water
Rose Water for Cooking: In addition to skincare, rose water has medicinal and culinary values, as well. Add it to homemade milk-based sweets, gelatos, pastries, jams, lemonades, biryani, or salads for a delicate rose flavor.
Drink Rose Water: Ayurveda claims Rose Water to be cooling for the gut and body. Drink rose water/Gulab ark to hydrate the skin from the inside.
Calming: The aroma of roses is said to be a mood enhancer, which promotes emotional wellbeing & relieves headaches. Drink or spray it on the face.
Skincare: It works great as a skin-soothing mist or toner.
All-natural perfume: Can be used to scent home linen, towels, aroma diffusers, or as a facial mist or hair mist.
Rose Oil Benefits for Skin
Finding the right combination of rose essential oil and treatments to create the perfect routine for our skin's unique needs and issues can feel like a never-ending process. Many essential oils have multiple benefits that are useful for skin care, rose oil being near the top of the list.
In addition to its more well-known sensual and relaxing effects, rose oil also possesses rejuvenating, soothing, and anti-inflammatory properties that make it a powerhouse oil for the skin. It may help to clear the pores, diminish signs of aging, and could even stimulate collagen production for smooth, supple, and glowing skin.
Rose oil aids in the treatment of despair, grief, anger, and fear; it calms and harmonizes the mind, nerve tension, and stress, while also fostering self-esteem and assisting in the resolution of emotional difficulties.
It is used in burners and vaporizers, as massage oil blended with other oils.
Due to its shown ability to promote tissue development and expedite skin regeneration, it is frequently utilized as an emollient in skin care products.
Assists in the treatment of spasms, pain, inflammation, bloating, wrinkles, trauma, stress, psychological strain, sexual impotence, headaches, infections, and skin ulcers.
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