Home › Perfumery › Rose Water (Ordinary best rose-water)

Rose Water (Ordinary best rose-water)

The ordinary best rose-water of the stores, particularly of the wholesale druggists who deal largely in the article, is generally made as follows:-Dissolve attar of roses, 6 drachms avoirdupois, in strongest rectified spirit (hot), 1 Imperial pint; throw the solution into a 12-gallon carboy, and add 10 gallons pure distilled water, at 180° to 185° Fahr.; at once cork the carboy (at first loosely), and agitate the whole briskly (at first cautiously), until quite cold. The product is really superior to much of the trash carelessly distilled from a scanty quantity of rose-leaves, and sold as rose water. (See Nos. 1071 and 1079). ounces vanilla, cut into small pieces, in 1 pint