Definition as written by Terry:
A term for a perfume from flowers. In Europe, it generally applies only to the attar (otto) of roses, a concentrate which smells pleasant only when diffused.
One might call rose water poor man's attar, the highly prized-and highly priced-essential oil of roses used in fine perfume. Indeed, commercial rose water is a byproduct of the steam-distillation process used to isolate attar.
You'll be slaving over the stove for a while before you get any appreciable amount of oil, though -- about 250 pounds of rose petals go into producing an ounce of attar of rose.
I've got two at work that are 4 feet tall and shaped like Christmas trees - and they're in 10-inch pots!
Pelargonium capitatum 'Attar of Roses' is used by the perfume industry to supplement the oils extracted from rose petals.
Some of my favourites: Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses', 'Old Spice' and 'Rober's Lemon Rose', P. crispum 'Variegated Prince Rupert' (Zone 10) F
- Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, Zone 8) C
- Sage (Salvia officinalis cvs., Zone 5) C ...
 See also: Rose, Plant, Flower, Climate, Hybrid
  
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