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Rose


Family: N. O. Rosaceae
Plant Portion: Flower and stems.
Extraction Method: Most common is steam distilled
Origin: Northern Persia, probably along the Caspian Sea. Now grown all over the world.
Description: A well spread out flower that grows with long stems in large clusters. The flower has been cultivated to be any color, tradionally a deep red.
Color: The stems of the rose are a green color with many thorns. The flower is deep red.
Historical Uses: We find that they are used primarily as an annointing oil in ancient times. Though in the 18th and 19th centuurey in England, doctors were directed to use rose essential oil medicinally for the preparation of an infusion and a confection.
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History: We find the word rosa comes from the Greek word rodon (red). The history of the rose is as long as human history itself. Homer's has allusions to it in the
" Iliad and Odyssey" and there are also refernces to it in the bible "the rose of Jerico". In England the` ancient and well known "Order of the Rose" is one of several orders with the word used in the title. The petals have been used in every type of ceremony from weddings to annointing rituals. Ancient Romans would expect to have rose petals floating in their Falernian wine.
Mixes with:Orang , Violet, Jessamine,d Orris root, Cinnamon, Musk, Angelica root, Cloves (carnations), Lavender, Heliotrope, Mignonette, Rosemary , Bay , Laurel, Marjoram, Balm of Gilead ,Bergamot, Balm, Pineapple, Peppermint.