Rose Otto

$240.00
Rose Otto

Rose Otto

$240.00
Size 5ml

Fragrance Material | Essential Oil

Luminous, velvety, and profoundly elegant, Rose Otto is one of perfumery’s most treasured materials. Steam-distilled from fresh rose petals, it offers a living expression of rose. Soft yet radiant, delicate yet enduring.

Rose Otto reveals a complex, multi-dimensional floral profile. Fresh petal brightness opens into a rich, honeyed heart, underscored by subtle green, citrus, and faintly spicy facets. Unlike heavier rose absolutes, Rose Otto feels airy and refined, with a natural softness that evolves gently on skin.

Rose Otto functions beautifully as a heart note, capable of leading a composition or enriching it quietly from within.

Recommended concentration:

Fine fragrance: 0.1–1% (higher levels quickly dominate)

Blends harmoniously with:
Woods (sandalwood, cedarwood)
Resins (frankincense, benzoin)
Citrus notes (bergamot, lemon)
Spices (cardamom, pink pepper)

Suitable for non-perfumery applications including luxury skincare, balms, soaps, and high-end body products

A small amount imparts depth, naturalness, and unmistakable floral elegance.

Material Type: Essential oil
Botanical Name: Rosa damascena
Plant Part: Fresh petals
Extraction Method: Steam distillation
Origin: Bulgaria
Odour Profile: Soft floral, rosy, honeyed, slightly green and spicy
Appearance: Pale yellow to light amber liquid
Solubility: Soluble in oil and alcohol

For external use only. Do not ingest
Highly concentrated; dilute before skin application
Store in a cool, dark place in a tightly sealed container
Natural waxes may crystallise at cooler temperatures. Gently warm if needed
Shelf life: 2–3 years when stored correctly

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The first rule of perfumery: never work neat.

Every professional perfumer works in dilution. It's not a beginner shortcut, it's the correct way to evaluate and blend aromatic materials. At full concentration, materials smell harsh, inaccurate, and often overwhelming. You're not smelling the material, you're smelling too much of it.

When you dilute a 5ml aromatic material to a 10% solution, you extend it to 50ml of working stock. That's five times the material to experiment with, evaluate, and blend, without wasting a drop of something precious and expensive.

For powder materials like ambroxan, calone, and vanillin, dilution isn't optional, it's essential. Powders need to be fully dissolved in ethanol before they can be accurately measured, evaluated, or incorporated into a formula. Without this step, you simply can't work with them properly.

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