Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Rosier de Damas
Three tonnes of petals for one kilo of oil: the perfumer's rose, picked at dawn before the sun steals its scent.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Near East
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Moderate
The perfumer's rose
An old rose from a complex Near Eastern cross, it is grown for distillation from Kazanlak to Nabeul, where rose water marks every spring.
It flowers once, in May, and picking stops before seven in the morning: the heat of the day carries the oil out of the petals.
"The scent belongs to those who rise early."
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Styling Tip 01
Prune after flowering
It flowers on last year's wood: work just after the blooms fade, never with a hard winter cut.
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Styling Tip 02
Full sun, drained soil
Six hours of sun minimum and air moving between the stems: that is the best guard against mildew.
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Styling Tip 03
Pick at dawn
Harvest half-open buds at first light, and distil them the same day.
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Origin
South America
Light
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Watering
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Care
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Flowering
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