Although widely renowned as it has been used by Cleopatra; the queen of Egypt (51 B.C.), today's rose water is a wonderful product entirely different from the antique rose water, only sharing a name.
Today's rose water, derived from distilled rose petals, is a complete miracle with various beneficial content. The basis of today's production method is grounded on the discovery of steam distillation of rose petals in Persia during the Samanid era in the 8th century A.D.
Refreshing, antibacterial, antipyretic (fever-reducing) and soothing benefits of rose water have been discovered in the 9th century A.D.
After Ibn Sina (Avicenna) authored the health benefits and therapeutic properties of rose oil and rose water in el-Kanun fi’t-Tıbb (The Canon of Medicine), rose significantly grew in importance in medicine in the 11th century in the East and the West.
Rose water and rose oil were brought to Europe during the Crusades and have started to be used broadly for hand hygiene to healing in medieval times.
Today, rose water is an essential standalone product for health and beauty with superior beneficial content and a very popular ingredient of thousands of products in the world of cosmetics.