Bulgarian rose oil

Bulgarian rose oil

Bulgarian Rose oil is one of famous product of Bulgaria. Persia is considered to be the first place where rose oil was extracted many centuries ago, now Bulgaria is a leading producer with 70% of rose oil in the world.

The traditional way of collecting the petals is by hand. They are gathered in baskets and as soon as a basket is full other workers prepare them for transportation in sacks. The sacks are about 25 kg each and are loaded on horse carriages or donkeys. It's important to quickly transport them to the distilleries because the oil begins to evaporate.

One kilogram of rose oil is extracted from 3000 kg to sometimes 6000 kg of blossoms (depending on the quality of the harvest)!

Bulgarian rose oil is believed to be the best in the world. It has no competition as a raw material for perfumes like "Nina Ricci", "Chanel", "Christian Dior", "Kenzo", etc.”

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