Himalaya Elite Ancestral Rose 2021 • 100% pure Himalayan Damascena Rose essential oil

Just pulled from storage after careful aging, this 2021 rose oil distillation is at peak intensity and fullness. The best quality rose oil ages beautifully when correctly stored. Stored in the dark with reasonable temperature stability, high-quality rose oil will change and develop favorably and interestingly for many years.

Himalaya Elite Ancestral Rose is a truly exquisite traditional rose distillation from our dear friends at Switzerland-based specialty aromatics company, Scentient Nature, who oversee the production of this gorgeous, single estate, traditionally hydro-distilled premium rose oil on-location in the Himalayan Hindu Kush region.

Ultra-traditional crafting techniques and organic production methods create an impeccable rose oil from the geographic seat of ancient Damascena rose cultivation going back millennia. Double-distilled in a wood-fired copper pot, and crafted entirely on-site at the estate, the rose buds are harvested early in the morning and distilled immediately to optimize the fullness of aroma.

Scent description: Opens with bright lemony and spicy notes, and slowly blooms into a full, warm, bright, pure rose oil experience. White honey, complex fine peppercorn, and sunshine on grass feature prominently through the blossoming of this joyful, solar, incomparable rose.

More on the history of the Damacena rose and this traditional growing region…
Also known as the Damask rose, the Rosa x damascenea species is a natural hybrid that occurred most likely by chance through cross-pollination, roughly where Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan meet, an estimated 7000 years ago. (Rosa gallica, Rosa fedschenkoana, and Rosa moschata are implicated.) Probably noticed by humans in the region for its remarkable scent and special medicinal properties, archeological studies have uncovered evidence of crude distillation and press extraction of Damascena rose flowers going back an unbelievable 6000 years. Thus began the journey of this exquisite scent into aromatic history as it spread into the surrounding lands and cultures over millennia to take its place as a now renowned and revered aromatic for the well-being and sheer joy of body, mind, and spirit.

Himalaya Elite Ancestral Rose is organically cultivated and crafted in the original geography of the species, and using the most traditional ancient methods, making this rose oil truly worthy of the designation “ancestral” rose.