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From Petal to Attar

Petals gathered before dawn breaks

Each May, harvesters enter the fields at four in the morning, when Rosa damascena oil concentration reaches its daily peak.

Copper alembics unchanged since 1680

Steam distillation in hand-beaten copper vessels preserves the full aromatic complexity that modern steel cannot replicate.

Gram by gram, nothing is wasted

Three thousand kilograms of hand-picked petals yield just one kilogram of precious rose otto — weighed on brass scales to the nearest gram.

A scent that carries centuries

Every corked vial traces its lineage to the same valley, the same soil, the same May-morning ritual repeated without interruption for over three hundred years.