| BULGARIAN ROSE OIL INFORMATION (ROSE OTTO) |
| Botanical name: | Rosa damascena P. Miller |
| Part of plant used: | Blossoms |
| Country of origin: | Bulgaria |
| Cultivated herb: | Yes |
| Natural herb: | Yes |
| Gathered herb: | Yes |
| Organic certification/certifying body: | Not certified |
| Fumigants used: | N/A |
| Method of manufacture: | Rose oil is obtained from the flowers of the oil-bearing rose (Rosa damascena) trough water - steam distillation. |
| Material safety data sheets: | Available upon request |
| Known formulations incompatibilities: | N/A |
| Mist be homogenous blend: | Yes |
| Seasonal harvesting: | During May and June |
| Certificate of analysis: | Yes |
| Description: | Oily transparent liquid or heterogeneous mass below 22ºC. |
| Appearance: | Liquid |
| Color: | Yellow |
| Aroma: | Warm, floral, specifically dense, fine, with faint peppery and honey notes, specific for the Bulgarian attar of roses. |
| Physicochemical indices: | |
| Relative density, d 30/30 | from 0.8480 to 0.8610 |
| Refraction number, n 25/D | from 1.4530 to 1.4640 |
| Angle of rotation of polarization plane, α 20/D, centigrade | from -2.0 to -5.0 |
| Freezing point, °C | from 17.0 to 22.0 |
| Acid value, mg KOH/g | not more than 4.0 |
| Ester number: | 7.0 - 17.5 |
| Ester value, mg KOH/g | from 7.0 to 17.5 |
| Ester value after acetylation, mg KOH/g | from 202.5 to 245.9 |
| Content of characteristic ingredients, % | |
| citronellol | from 20.9 to 37.0 |
| nerol | from 6.0 to 12.0 |
| geraniol | from 14.0 to 27.0 |
| phenyl-ethyl alcohol | not more than 3.0 |
| normal paraffin hydrocarbons (C17, C19, C20, C21, C23) | from 18.0 to 25.0 |
| Composition: | Citronellol, geraniol, nerol, linalool, saturated fatty alcohols, beta-phenyl-ethyl alcohol, farnezole, terpinene-1-ol-4, acetates of the indicated alcohols such as geranilacetate, citronelylacetate, nerylacetate, linalylacetate, etc., free acids, aldehydes fatty and aromatic, geranial, neral, ketones, phenols and phenol esters, hydrocarbons, rose oxide and steroptene. |
| Expiry term: | Unlimited |
| Packing: | Tin-plated cooper sheet iron containers. |
| Application: | In fine perfumery, cosmetics and pharmacology. |
