Rose Water

Russelliana rose at Fort Ross.

Hybrid multiflora.

AKA Cottage Rose, Grevillei scarlet,

Old Spanish Rose, Russell's Cottage Rose

Helpmefind

The rose bushes at Fort Ross State Park are Russelliana roses.

Googling Russellinana sent me to the "Perfume Rose Harvest Tours" at Russian River Rose Company in Healdsburg.

Which made me wonder what roses are best used for rose water.

References:

• Helpmefind
• Antique Rose Emporium
• What is rose water?
• The Best and Most Fragrant Roses for Making Rose Water and Potpourris suggests Damask rose, Centifolia rose, moss roses. Suggested Damask roses: Leda, La Ville des Bruxelles, Jacques Cartier, Celsiana, Hebe’s Lip, and Madame Hardy. Suggested Centifolia roses: Tour de Malakoff, Fantin Latour, and The Bishop. Suggested Moss roses: Alfred de Dalmas (Mousseline),Chapeau de Napoleon, Henri Martin, William Lobb. Other suggested roses: Madame Isaac Pereire (most fragrant?), Souvenir de la Malmaison, Comte de Chambord, Reine des Violettes.
• "How to make Rose Water at home? Making Gulabjal at home"
• Distilling Rose Water (annoying background music!) using "Apothecary Rose" or "Cape Rose" which is what rose?
• IRAN - Rosewater in Kashan made from the Mohammadi rose or Damask rose. More on it.
• A Village in Bloom, The best rosewater in the world, according to this article, comes from the town of Ghamsar in central Iran, Yasmin Khan, Saveur, Dec/Jan 2018