| 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. |
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