Rose Otto - Rose Absolute Questions

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Welcome .. frazzled I can't help you with .. but I hope I helped to

unconfuse you. ;-)

 

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

 

 

Thanks, Butch!!! That's an explanation I can surely remember for next time!

They were also asking $150 for 5 ml of sandalwood that smelled absolutely

horrific! lol

 

Cindy

 

 

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Hey Cindy,

 

> Hi everyone! I've been really busy with craft fairs and have evidently

> turned into a professional lurker, but I just had to ask......since (get

> this one - yesterday's holistic fair nestled me in between a feng shui

> couple and Gary Young fanatics - talk about a confused Cindy!!! lol).

 

Glad you survived. ;-)

 

> Anyway, getting to my question, comment, emotional outburst: I have always

> believed that there is no such thing as rose essential oil. It comes in

> otto or absolute - period. Question #1 - is that a correct assumption?

 

Nope .. its incorrect. Rosa centifolia (for example) is NOT Rose Otto

but it can be a Rose Absolute .. but if its distilled its an essential

oil .. a rose essential oil.

 

Absolutes have been clearly defined here .. if an oil is distilled it is

an essential oil .. the term " Otto " is from Ottoman .. as is Ottoman

Empire .. as in the present day Republic of Turkey. And .. it pertains

ONLY to Damask Roses (Rosa damascena) .. and it IS an essential oil.

 

> Question #2 - if that IS correct, then how would one explain (I know -

> futile effort, but I am by nature very stubborn) to fanatics that the

> stuff they are peddling as essential oil is non-existent?

 

I hope you don't have that question now. ;-)

 

> This bothered me that they pulled out a book and showed me that the rose

> essential oil ($150 for a mere 5ml) was steam distilled.

 

And .. $150 for 5 ml is a bit stiff .. like 200% or more what the price

should be .. and that is a fact!

 

Actually .. Rose Otto is hydro-distilled .. and that is the ONLY mistake

on my tale of production at the following URL .. I caught it long ago

but just failed to ask my web mistress to correct it. Check it out at

this 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

 

> Thanks!

> Cindy, frazzled and confused

 

Welcome .. frazzled I can't help you with .. but I hope I helped to

unconfuse you. ;-)

 

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