Damask Rose Dried Buds
🌹 Description and Features
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Appearance: These are small flower buds (closed buds) delicately picked before they fully open. They retain a color ranging from pale to medium or old rose .
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Fragrance: They are renowned for their captivating, subtle and refined fragrance , typical of the Damask Rose, often described as floral and sweet.
🍵 Main Uses
Dried Damask rose flower buds are very versatile:
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Infusions and Herbal Teas:
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Used alone (2 to 3 buttons per cup, infused for 5 to 7 minutes in hot water at approximately 95°C).
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Mixed with other plants (chamomile, verbena) for a soothing herbal tea.
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Added to tea (green, black, white) to give it a delicate floral aroma.
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Cooking and Pastry (Foods):
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To flavor and decorate desserts (pastries, creams, panna cotta).
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To flavor savory dishes or rice.
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To prepare rose syrup.
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Homemade Cosmetics:
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As an aqueous macerate to create homemade rose water (toner, makeup remover, anti-aging).
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Infused in oil for preparations (care oils, creams, balms).
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In potpourri or sachets for scenting.
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