Sweet Scent of A Rose
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Sweet Scent of A Rose
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. An associated product is rose water which is used for cooking, cosmetics, medicine and in religious practices. The production technique originated in Persia then spread through Arabia and India, and more recently into eastern Europe. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In other parts of the world Rosa centifolia is commonly used. The oil is transparent pale yellow or yellow-grey in colour. 'Rose Absolute' is solvent-extracted with hexane and produces a darker oil, dark yellow to orange in colour. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.
Geraniol (C10H18O)
The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol and rose camphor, an odorless solid composed of alkanes, which separates from rose oil.[7] β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.
Uploaded
January 27th, 2014
Statistics
Viewed 661 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/18/2024 at 8:47 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (28)
Kim Tran
Beautiful capture Marcia! l/pin (https://uk.pinterest.com/Kimtran2016/fine-art-america-artists/)
Jasna Dragun
Congratulations on your feature in the "Global Flowers Photography" and as "Pick For The Day" 10.02. !! l/f/fb
Gene Walls
This lovely image brings that wonderful rose scent wafting through my mind, Marcia. Beautiful work! LF