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Whats the differnce between Taif rose and Bulgarian rose? @peter4ptv
Whats the differnce between Taif rose and Bulgarian rose? @peter4ptv
Whats the differnce between Taif rose and Bulgarian rose? @peter4ptv
Apart from stating the obvious..........i have a blend from @Sultan Pasha called Al Hareem and the rose used in that is so lovely
Taif Rose is from Saudi Arabia and Bulgarian Rose is from Bulgaria..
Hahaahaha... sorry I couldn't help it. You really set yourself up for that one.
Regarding the difference, I find that Taif Rose is full-bodied and has a "golden" note, amongst others - if you subscribe to "notes as colours" descriptive language. It is a complex rose oil. Bulgarian Rose is more linear and floral in comparison.
this a good place to buy pure Bulgarian otto or absolutes, in Bulgaria you will not find any pure oil in the stores
http://bulgarianroseotto.com/
i have always wonder about this, never smell taif rose maybe @Al Shareef Oudh can give some more light hereWhats the differnce between Taif rose and Bulgarian rose? @peter4ptv
thank you.The Ta'ifi rose has a more crispy citrus rose top note and the bottom is more rose stem woody, Bulgarian rose is more green in the top, and the bottom is more powdery.
Like most things of value Ta'ifi rose is not free of counterfeits, adulterated and stretched oils. There is a very simple test for rose ottos and that is the freeze test, rose otto becomes solid at around 6C. This is the simplest test to see if the oil at hand is a pure otto or a solvent extract. Keeping in mind that there is more solvent extract oil produced by the rose farm than there is the otto. The solvent extracts a lot more from the petals than just the oil. Later through a more involved process this extract in turned into oil, this oil doesnt freeze at 6c.
The colour of the otto is light, Bulgarian otto is nearly like water colour (colourless). Ta'ifi rose ranges from green to yellow, again not sharp strong colours but pale shades. The colour to look for which is associated with the highest quality Ta'ifi rose, is pale greeny/yellow it is a shade that is between green and yellow, please see attached pic. This was from our 2015 season oil.
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InshaAllah we will be releasing our 2017 oil soon once we complete distilling in Ta'if end of April early May.
Ta'ifi rose that is more yellow is older oils. Those that are very green are new oils that had too much stem when the roses were picked.
Solvent extracted oils have sharper brighter colours closer to the colour of the actual rose they came from.
These are simple on the spot checks that you can do when you purchase the oils.
1) what does otto mean/represent?
2) someone said that the potency of taifi rose oil smell detiorates over time and thats why freshly pressed oil is expensive and the older it gets the cheaper it becomes. is this correct?
I have a 2012 ASAQ Taif Supreme in my collection. Can't say I have noticed any degradation.
However, florals are not the same as Oud and I don't think, they improve with age in the same way and long term, they do deteriorate depending on the exposure to oxygen from what I have read.
1) what does otto mean/represent?
2) someone said that the potency of taifi rose oil smell detiorates over time and thats why freshly pressed oil is expensive and the older it gets the cheaper it becomes. is this correct?
3) just out of curiosity, jawed would you know approximately how much much taifi rose oil is pressed each year( meaning in total by everyone not just yourselves)?
There are three methods of extracting the essential oil from rose petals:1) what does otto mean/represent?
2) someone said that the potency of taifi rose oil smell detiorates over time and thats why freshly pressed oil is expensive and the older it gets the cheaper it becomes. is this correct?
3) just out of curiosity, jawed would you know approximately how much much taifi rose oil is pressed each year( meaning in total by everyone not just yourselves)?
I dont know if it was the hint, but I had doubt too like is there enough for the whole market ?
Dont know if it answered to your interrogation + it was not directed to me but if you had that feeling know that this brother has 0 interrest on rose oil and he is trustable.
no offence but whats all this about?
1) i wasnt doubting anything or anyone
2)i wasnt interrogating anyone, i just had a few questions.
3)no problem with you or anyone else answering.
4) i wasnt questioning jaweds 'o interrest' or his trustworthiness. how did you come to that conclusion ? i take it english isnt your first language?