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Alteya offers Luxury Essential Oil Products and products based on Bulgarian Rose Oil(Rosa Damascena).
Please visit our
specialized website
www.BulgarianRoseOtto.com to place an order.
 History of Bulgarian Rose Oil
Known as the finest rose essence or "otto" in the world, the Bulgarian Rose Oil has been distilled for over 300 years. The exact origin of the damask rose can not be traced however there are fossil records which show roses have existed for millions of years. It is the oldest cultivated European plant in the United States and has been called the Queen of Flowers all over the world.
Uses of rose oils date back to the ancient civilizations of Persia, Asia, Greece, Rome and Egypt. It has always been and still is a symbol of love and beauty.
The modern healing tradition of the extract of rose began in the 17 th century with the writings of English physician Nicholas Culpeper. The herbalist described the use of red roses to strengthen the heart, it's cooling and astringent actions, and its effect on headaches and tired eyes.
The Bulgarian Rose Valley
Located between the Balkan range and Sredna Gora mountains, the Bulgarian Rose Valley is the home of the exquisite Bulgarian rose oil, also known as 'attar of roses' or 'rose otto'. There are over 7000 varieties of roses worldwide, yet only few are known as oil producing. The Bulgarian Rosa Damascena, cultivated for over 300 years, is considered to be the best oil-bearing rose renowned worldwide.
Unique climatic and soil conditions make the Rose Valley, also known as the Kazanlak Valley, one of the biggest producers of rose otto in the world. The air humidity, cloudiness and precipitation in May and June contribute to the cultivation of roses that yield very high percentage of oil.
The Rose Valley is about 80 miles long and about 30 miles wide and its average elevation about 1,300 feet above the sea-level. Attempts to extend the rose culture to other neighboring districts in Bulgaria have proved unsuccessful. The rose bush seems to thrive best in sandy soil, well exposed to the sun, protected from the cold winter winds and having perfect drainage. It is mainly the mountain formation, the climatic peculiarities and the special soil of the Rose Valley that result into engaging more than 180 villages into the rose oil industry in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Rose Otto Uses
Bulgarian Rose Oil is a pleasant and safe oil to use in aromatherapy and is suitable for a variety of uses.
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Massage:
Improving circulation and as a digestive tonic. Relieving PMS, menopausal problems, broken veins, constipation, nausea, gastric ulcers and liver problems. Calming puffy skin, alleviating dry and itchy, chapped, sensitive or inflamed skin and beautifying wrinkled and ageing skin. Also used for wound healing.
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Added to bathwater or vaporiser/burner:
Relieves stress related or emotional problems including depression, postnatal depression, nervous tension and insomnia. As an aphrodisiac can help with low libido and impotence problems.
Characteristics
Although rose oil is a very complicated mixture of more than 300 different components, the major component recovered from the blossom is phenyl-ethyl alcohol. The other main components are rose alcohols geraniol, citronellol, and nerol. Many other components are present only in trace amounts but are very important for the overall quality of the oil. An example is the compound damascenone, which is an important odor constituent and is only present in minute amounts.
As noted, phenylethyl alcohol is a major oil component, but because solubility in water it is usually lost in the distillation waters unless collected as rose water. This alcohol is, however, present in the absolute extracted by solvent.
In general, rose oil components are: Citronellol (up 36%), geraniol (up to 27%), nerol (up to 10%), eugenol (up to 1.5%), methyleugenol (up to 2.4%), phenylethyl alcohol (up to 3%), linalool, farnesol, carvon (up to 0.41%), rosofuran (up to 0.16%), damascon (up to 0.14%), ionon (up to 0.03%), citral, cinnamonic aldehyde, bensalaldehyde, formic acid, acetic acid, isovalerianic acid, n-paraffins, ketones, phenols and phenol esters, hydrocarbons, and others.
Rose Oil Control
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Freezing points:
17ºC - 23.0ºC
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Explosion points:
88ºC - 122ºC
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Autoignition temperature:
460ºC
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