Rose Essential Oil – The Complete Uses and Benefits Guide – Mom Prepares

What is Rose?The rose is likely one of the most recognizable flowers in the world. It is a picky bush and thrives only in the most particular of soils and climate. There is some confusion surrounding the origins of this particular rose, but most place it in the Middle East.It likely hailed from Damascus, hence the name 'damask rose.' It is also called Bulgarian rose, Turkish rose, summer damask rose, Trigintipetala, and Kazanlik rose. The oil is referred to as Anatolian rose oil, otto of rose, and attar of rose.There are approximately 150 species of roses with thousands of varieties of hybrids within those. Some of the names you may come across but should not get confused with damask rose are:Cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia) - gets its name from the many petals (folia) and is known as Rose de Mai or May rose. It is also known as French rose, hundred-leaved rose, Provence rose, and rose maroc. Moroccan rose often refers to this, and the oil as otto of rose.R. gallica - a dark red rose oft...