Rose Absolute 10%

It contains, prior to dilution, a maximum of, the following materials subject to IFRA standards:

• 0.9% methyl eugenol
• 0.3% citral, 2% eugenol
• 1% farnesol
• 6% geraniol
• 10% citronellol
• 1.5% benzyl alcohol
• 0.1% benzaldehyde
• 0.1% rose ketones
• 0.1% benzyl benzoate
• 0.1% limonene
• 0.1% linalool

Arctander tells us that Rose Absolute from Rosa damascena is “an orange-yellow, orange-redish or slightl olive-yellow colored, viscous liquid of extremely rich, warm, spicy-floral and very deep rose odor with a more or less pronounced honey-like undertone.  Its diffusive power is only realized when the absolute is diluted or used at the concentration of a few percent or even less in a perfume base.”

He goes on to say that “Rose Absolute is used so extensively in high-class perfumes that it is hardly possible to  define its field of application. Apart from strictly rosy florals, it forms important parts of the  conventional rose-jasmine complex which is found in countless fashion perfumes today. It is used in cassie modifications, carnation bases, chypres, Oriental bases, modern fantasy bouquets, etc.  Its unusual radiation compensates for its high cost to a certain degree, so that it can be used in medium priced perfumes as well. The “spent” waxes from the extraction of absolute usually have a faint odor of rose flowers. These waxes are commercially available and find some application in soap perfumery, but they also present a certain threat to the buyers of rose concrete. Spent waxes are not infrequently added rose concrete, and it will be necessary to run a test on the yield of absolute from a sample of rose conctete in order to safeguard oneself against this risk.”