The Historical Uses and Price Analysis of Rose Essential Oil
Historical records of rose essential oil and its development and changes
1. The history of the rose's use in China is very long. It is said that Yang Guifei once used roses to keep her skin soft and radiant. In the Huaqing Pool where she bathed, fresh rose buds were soaked year-round, and her bed was covered with roses. Such a refined and fragrant life is no wonder the emperor was so infatuated with her.
2. 2000 years ago, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt washed her face with beer and roses. Ancient texts and folk records from Egypt and Rome say: "She had snow-white skin, soft hair, and a high nose bridge. Cleopatra loved to bathe with roses, used rose juice to care for her skin and hair, and used rose aromatherapy to capture her lover's heart."
3. In the 10th century AD, a new method of steam-distilling rose petals was invented in Persia to extract rose oil. It is recorded that at that time 2000 roses were needed to extract just 1 gram of rose essential oil, so rose oil was extremely expensive and could only be used by nobles for medicinal treatment. It was not until the Middle Ages that rose essential oil and rose water became widespread. At that time, European nobles, both men and women, would carry a bottle with them. Rose extracts became known to more and more people, and some rose oil also flowed from the nobility to commoners.
4. In the 17th century, some European nobles even regarded roses as currency, because the value of roses was so high that it could be equated with money. Therefore, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, various rose-made items appeared, such as rose perfume, rose-scented lotion, soap, face cream, etc./5. By the 21st century, roses had even more uses. In ancient China, because its stems have thorns, the rose was regarded as an assassin or a knight-errant, while in the West the rose was seen as a symbol of keeping secrets. Roses of various colors are no longer limited to their original uses, and their many colors each carry different meanings.
Rose Essential Oil Price
The processing of rose essential oil is very complicated, and no deviation can occur, otherwise it will easily affect the oil yield. But however high the oil yield of the tiny rose petals is, the essential oil they contain is still very little. To be more precise, 1 kilogram of rose essential oil requires refining at least 3 tons of rose petals, so its output is extremely low. At the same time, the output of roses also seriously affects the output of rose essential oil, so rose essential oil is expensive, even more expensive than gold, and has the title of "liquid gold."