THE ROSE OIL SPECIFICATIONS
THE ULTIMATE SCENT FROM THE ULTIMATE SOURCE

INFORMAITON ON ROSE ESSENTIAL OIL (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 22?/FONT>C.
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:
Density at 30°:	0.8480 - 0.8610
Refraction number at 25°:	1.4530 - 1.4640
Polarization in 100-mm tube:	-2.0 to - 5.0°C
Freezing point, °C:	17 to 22
Acid number:	Not more than 4.0
Ester number:	7.0 - 17.5
Ester number after acetylation:	202.5 to 245.9
Acetyl number:	202.6 - 244.8
Free alcohols (such as citronellol), %:	64 to 80
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.