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BULGARIAN ROSE OIL (Otto) 100% natural 1.0 g « Bulgarian Rose oil & Cosmetics « Home
Genuine Bulgarian rose oil, hydro distillated from Bulgarian Rosa Damascene flowers. It is obtained by one of the best Bulgarian Distillery, certified and wax sealed. It comes in traditional traditional wooden vial container.
Bulgarian rose oil (rose otto or attar) is recognised worldwide as the ultimate rose oil. Bulgaria has a 330 year-old-tradition in essential rose oil distillation. Bulgarian rose oil is steam distilled (not solvent extracted) and is 100% pure. Absolutely no carrier oils are added. This pure rose oil contains the essence of the precious and beautiful rosa damascena
flowers cultured in the Valley of the Roses in Bulgaria. This perfect location and climate, with gentle sunshine, ensures minimum release of the aromatic ingredients from the flower. This rose oil is unconditionally guaranteed as to its source and purity.
Rose oil is expensive. It takes 4000 kilograms of rose petals to make 1 kilogram of pure rose oil. It is an extremely fragrant oil and you only use a tiny amount. Some people simply inhale the fragrance.
Rose oil is an oily transparent liquid with yellow color and aroma characteristic of Roses.
| Appearance | Colour | Aroma |
| oily transparent fluid /heterogeneous mass below 23°C/ | yellow | specific, of roses |
| Relative density, d 30/30 | from 0,8480 to 0,8610 | |
| Refraction number, n 25/D | from 1,4530 to 1,4640 | |
| Angle of rotation of polarization plane, α 20/D, centigrade | from -2,0 to -5,0 | |
| Freezing point, °C | from 17,0 to 22,0 | |
| Acid value, mg KOH/g | not more than 4,0 | |
| Ester value, mg KOH/g | from 7,0 to 17,5 | |
| Ester value after acetylation, | from 202,5 to 245,9 | |
| mg KOH/g | ||
| Content of characteristic ingredients, % | ||
| - citronellol | from 20,0 to 37,0 | |
| - nerol | from 6,0 to 12,0 | |
| - geraniol | from 14,0 to 27,0 | |
| - phenyl-ethyl alcohol | not more than 3,0 | |
| - normal paraffin hydrocarbons | from 18,0 to 25,0 | |
| (C17, C19, C20, C21, C23) |