Turkish Rose Otto

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Hi y'all,

 

This is NOT an advertisement .. and it can't wait till Thursday. It's a

request for interested people who contacted me before to do so again.

 

As I explained in a post sent to this list the night before I left the

USA .. we had a crash and the Temp Files were all lost. In those files

were requests I had from folks on Rose Otto .. I had stored them there

because I was using my Server's Post Office at the time and it was

restricted to 10 MB of storage .. which could be filled up in a week.

The intent was to have my folks in Maryland forward them to me here when

I was in a position to download from my Mail Box .. but that's history.

 

I told folks back then that the situation looked grim as there was no

pure and quality Rose Otto left in Turkey .. and from what I was told

yesterday .. by a fellow who sells Bulgarian .. not in Bulgaria either.

On the Monday (two days ago) after returning to Turkey it was again

confirmed that ALL the 2003 stock had been sold prior to distillation.

About an hour ago I got a call from my distiller saying that one of the

European perfumeries that had made an order was having difficulties and

couldn't pay for their order .. and it is now available. Approximately

8 kilos are left .. but they won't be left long.

 

I have no intentions of offering Rose Otto wholesale for the rest of the

year because the investment would be far too much .. its just not wise

to sit on that much money .. even if one has it to spend. ;-p

 

IF .. you were one of those who wrote me and asked for Bulk Pricing on

Turkish Rose Otto .. please write me again NOW and I will tell you the

prices. There will be no 25 gram sizes offered .. the smallest will be

50 grams. I intend to make a purchase NOW for my Appalachian Valley

Natural Products .. but nothing like I have done in the past. I say NOW

because I am not sure how much longer this batch will be available.

 

I've been in this business since 1995 .. I know Rose Otto .. I visit the

fields and stills each year during harvest and distillation .. and I

know what it costs to produce it. More importantly, I know what the

cost was during the 2003 harvest/distillation.

 

Be aware that there are some folks in the USA who are now selling bulk

so-called Turkish and Bulgarian Rose Otto at near last year's prices.

Those prices are FAR LESS than distillers had to pay for the 2003 Rose

Blossoms to produce it. That is not even counting the commercial energy

required or the labor costs .. or the fact that the distillers must

maintain stills and other infrastructure worth millions of dollars so

they can use them for but 6-7 weeks a year .. those stills (Turkish and

Bulgarian) are NOT used for any other purposes.

 

Consider all the above .. and I have not even touched on the fact that

the distillers must make a profit .. and then tell me how in the HELL

some people can be selling a product for FAR LESS than the cost of the

raw materials required to produce it. They are either pulling a fast

one or they are shooting for sainthood!

 

If they claim to be offering 2002 Rose Otto .. which was considerably

less costly .. they are LIARS!! Why? Because there was no bulk Rose

Otto available from either Turkey or Bulgaria PRIOR TO the 2003 harvest

and distillation .. that is the reason for the panic in the European

perfumery industry that caused them to buy like mad this year.

 

And .. if they did have a 2002 Rose Otto (which technically, will be

superior to the 2002 because it does mellow with age) they'd have to be

idiots to offer it for less than the replacement cost .. huh?

 

IF someone wants to be suckered into buying such oils .. that is, if

price is more important than purity and quality, I would recommend they

instead purchase the cheaper, inferior Russian or Chinese Rose Oils, or

the so-called Rosa demine from India (which, by the way, my best Indian

contacts say they have NEVER heard of .. because odds are that is what

they are going to get anyway!

 

Another (BAD) option is to buy a small amount of legitimate Turkish or

Bulgarian Rose Otto and mix a lot of Phenyl ethyl alcohol (PET) in it ..

that is a common adulterant in the trade .. back a couple of years ago I

tested one from the Balkans (not Bulgarian) that had almost SEVENTY

PERCENT PET. Adulteration with PET could possibly be a reason some

folks can sell their Rose Otto for FAR LESS than the cost of production.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: If you would like to take a trip through the Rose Fields and Stills

of Turkey, go to the following URLs ...

 

My writings/photos on distillation of Rose Otto can be found at URL

http://www.av-at.com/distillation/rosadamascena1.html

 

Here is a URL with lots of good photos of wild aromatic plants of

Turkey .. http://www.av-at.com/stuff/triptoturkey.html

 

Martin Watt visited the Turkish Rose Fields in Summer 2000 - following

was published in the Winter 2000 edition of the magazine " Aromatica " .

http://www.aromamedical.com/articles/rosedistillation.htm