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When summertime arrives and your garden explodes with rose blossoms, make this homemade rose water<\/strong>. It's a simple process that captures the fragrant essence of roses, distilling them into a light, colorless herbal remedy<\/a> that you can use in both homemade cosmetics as well as in culinary applications, such as pastries or drinks.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rose water is a colorless, aromatic liquid made by distilling rose petals with steam. As with similar flower waters, it carries a deep and penetrating fragrance that relays the delicate flavor of roses to sweets and pastries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose water is also used in cosmetics, and plays a role in spiritual and religious traditions in Southwest Asia and North Africa with the intention of bringing adherents a sense of meditative calm and relaxation (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rose water vs. rose infusions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among newcomers to herbalism, there remains an element of confusion between rose water and rose infusions. While they're made similarly and with similar ingredients, there are a few key differences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namely, rose water is a long-lasting fragrant liquid that contains the essence of rose. Unlike infusions, it is steam-distilled and colorless. By contrast, infusions are made by boiling, simmering, and steeping roses in water in the same way you would make herbal tea or other herbal infusions. It lasts only a few days, and has a dark color and lighter aroma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Rose water<\/strong> is produced through steam distillation of fresh rose petals. It is colorless, aromatic and long-lasting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rose infusion <\/strong>is produced by simmering and steeping dried or fresh rose petals. It lasts only a few days, has a deep color, and is less fragrant than true rose water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n