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Pure Damascus Rose Water
Pure Damascus Rose Water
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A steam-distilled damask rose water, and nothing else. Softer and greener than the oil — a light floral mist for skin after cleansing, and through the middle of a warm day.
What a hydrosol is
Hydrosol, floral water, hydrolat — all the same thing. It's the aromatic water that comes out of a steam distillation, carrying the plant's water-soluble compounds. The essential oil is the concentrated layer that floats to the top; this is the gentler half left underneath, and unlike an oil it goes straight onto skin without dilution.
If you'd like the longer version, we wrote one: hydrosols and essential oils, and when to use which.
About damask rose
Rosa damascena is the rose grown for distillation rather than for the vase. Petals are picked by hand in the early morning, before the sun draws the aromatics out of them, and it takes an enormous quantity of them to produce a small amount of oil.
That ratio is why rose sits among the most expensive materials in perfumery — and why the water is such a good way to meet it. Same distillation, same morning-picked petals, a far gentler result.
How to tell a real hydrosol
Read the ingredient list. A true hydrosol names the distillate and very little else — something like Rosa damascena flower water. Anything beginning with aqua followed by fragrance, parfum, alcohol or an essential oil plus a solubiliser is scented water. Rose is the botanical this happens to most often, because real rose distillate is expensive and rose fragrance is not.
The details
| Use | Face and neck, on skin or with a cotton pad |
| Keeps | Six to twelve months once opened |
| Storage | Cool and out of direct sunlight — the fridge works well in summer |
| Origin | Made in China. Packed in Sydney. |
Part of our rose botanicals. If you want rose in a room rather than on skin, that's Rose Essential Oil instead. Find us at Manly Market every Sunday, 9am–5pm, if you'd like to try it first.
