Rose Otto (Rosa damascena) - Distillation Year 2005

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Hi y'all,

 

A repeat .. but with a couple of changes. ;-) Butch

 

Chris is now putting together something for my site .. a study on the

effects of Rose Otto and lowering blood pressure .. its pretty amazing

how quickly it can be accomplished by just sniffing the oil.

 

As many of you know .. the Rose Harvest/Distillation has just been

completed. And many of you also know .. I was unable to get a single

drop of Rose Otto last year. There was no Turkish Rose Otto available.

The entire crop was sold prior to harvest/distillation. The previous

year I sold over 25 kilos .. but in 2004 I was not able to obtain a

single kilo. For the entire year lots of folks asked how it would go

this year. Well .. I am happy as a pig at a slop trough to announce

that .. even though there was again a shortage of Rose Otto .. I was

able to get five kilos this year. :-p

 

Don't even think of trying to negotiate a price. ;-)

 

The run on Turkish Rose Otto began in 2003 .. prices went up .. in 2004

the perfumery companies paid in advance and the entire crop was not

enough to satisfy their needs .. they were actually bidding on it and

the BULK (over 10 kilo) prices went as high as $6,750 a kilo. There

were no SINGLE kilo offers accepted. The reason for this run on Turkish

Rose Otto was that in 2003 a lot of badly adulterated Rose Otto was sold

from Bulgaria so they all turned to Turkish.

 

This is not to say that Bulgarian Rose Otto is all adulterated .. it is

to say that buyers are forced to exercise more caution than they did

when the Soviet Union was running the show .. now there is a fair amount

of mafia involvement in the business. This is even more reason for you

small buyers to know your source .. and there are some good sources for

Bulgarian Rose Otto on this list .. I am NOT one of them. I don't deal

in Bulgarian Rose Otto.

 

I have written to those who asked me about Bulk Rose Otto .. and I am

telling you folks now that it is available .. or .. will be available.

And I am one broke puppy cause I had to pay in advance for this oil.

Therefore, I'm gonna let some folks help me get back in the Black. ;-)

 

Prices are ..

 

25 grams ....... $ 280.00

50 grams ....... $ 520.00

100 grams ....... $ 980.00

250 grams ....... $2,300.00

500 grams ....... $4,400.00

 

For obvious reasons .. I will NOT sell Kilo (1,000 gram) sizes.

 

The above prices are FOB Maryland and do NOT include shipping/insurance

to the buyer's location. As y'all also know .. we charge actual costs

for shipping .. there is no profit made from shipping on ANY ORDER from

my company .. and there are no Mickey Mouse handling charges.

 

Those who wish to order must pay 50% in advance and the remaining 50% at

the time the Rose Otto is shipped .. it will be sent to Maryland next

week and sent out to buyers the following week.

 

Those who have already ordered .. your CC has not yet been charged the

50% .. that will happen tomorrow (Friday).

 

I am offering up the first 3 kilos to bulk buyers .. after that the door

is closed .. the last 2 kilos will be sold by me .. retail!

 

I will not hold any on promises to buy .. I will hold it for 50% down!

 

Somebody is gonna ask about Rose Hydrosol .. the answer is .. I was able

to get 300 kilos .. not much considering that in 2003 I purchased (and

sold) 3,500 kilos (3.5 metric tons) and have but a tad left of the 1,000

kilos I was able to get in 2004 .. but I am not complaining. One minor

problem is that I closed my Turkish company in January so now I must get

another company to export it for me. Pain in the butt!

 

That's all. ;-)

 

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

 

PS 1: I have some scientific research (as does Martin) that shows that

hydro-steam distilled Rose Otto can lower Blood Pressure as much as 30%

in a matter of minutes. Gotta dig it out and I'll present it.

 

PS 2: If the new folks 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 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