Rosewater?

[7 Pawz]

Hello everyone:smiley2:

This is my first post on this forum, my main focus until recently has been candlemaking; but i'd like to add a soap, lotion, cream, or some other personal care product to my line eventually. I've been given a lot of dried rose petals and thought i could make rosewater from them, but one method that i tried didn't do well, the resulting rose water had no scent to it whatsoever. Should I use fresh rose petals or freeze dried? I did a search on the board, but came up with nothing..if anyone has a suggestion or two, i'd appreciate it...Thank you:grin2:

[doris]

I'm not sure, but I think you use tons of fresh, cover with water, simmer, let cool, strain carefully, add more petals and repeat till you get what you want. It does take a lot of petals.

[elegantnaturals]

Try the following link: http://snowdriftfarm.com/roserecipes.html

The rosewater recipes are on the bottom of the page. HTH

[7 Pawz]

Thanks Doris & Elegantnaturals for your suggestions, fresh rose petals are expensive, 1 supplier sold them for $20/lb, maybe I'll grow my own:smiley2:

[Jadryga]

Really? Once I was organizing a valentine's surprise and I wanted rose petals for the bed and bathtub. What I did was just go to a florist and ask for fresh rose petals. They'll usually give me a generous handful (1-2 cups) for a ringgit or so (30 cents?).

Found this place... $16 per gallon if you're not picky about the colors, though I'm not sure if that comes out as cheaper. (http://www.freshroses.com/petals.html)

[doris]

We have tons of very fragrant wild roses growing all over the beaches. Many people think of them as weeds. I've dried quite a few batches of buds and petals this year.