pip.rhubarbin Florals & Bouquets · Wakefield ·
ExerciseA garden rose next to a bottle of rose water
Last rose in the school garden and a bottle of rose water from the corner shop, side by side on the staffroom table. The rose is sharp, nearly lemony. The water is sweeter and flatter, like jam that's been on the heat too long.
The rose page says rose water is the by-product of distilling the petals, and that the heat changes some of the scent. Try it if you've still got a rose out.
4 comments
mo_from_leicester
The rose water on my shelf is the one everyone buys before Eid and weddings. Never once put it next to a real rose. Doing it tonight.
kemi.cocoa
Did this with the rose bush by my classroom at break. The kids said the water smells like a bubble bath and the flower smells like "outside".
dex_in_brooklyn
rose water is part of my mise for a pistachio cake. you're telling me it's the leftover water from making the oil?
pip.rhubarb
Pretty much, going by the rose page. Leftover, but a lovely one.