Indian Rose

Note Profile

Botanical

About

Rose grown and distilled in India, sold mostly as the attar the trade calls Rooh Gulab. It is warmer and more honeyed than the Bulgarian and Turkish roses, and it carries a creamy woody depth from the sandalwood it is traditionally distilled into.

Scent Profile

Floral is rose and neither source qualifies it. Honeyed is the facet both sources lead with independently, and both use it for the same purpose: to place Indian rose against the cooler Bulgarian and Turkish material. Creamy_woody is the sandalwood the attar is distilled into, described as a warm, woody, almost creamy depth. It is the one facet that separates this from taif-rose, and it carries the widest spread in the vector at 0.24, because it is arguably a property of the production method and not the flower. Warm_spice is the spicy undertone one source calls uniquely Indian. Amber_resinous is the deeper, more resinous quality the second source names. Green is a single hedged claim about a slight green quality, so it stays low.

ScentWheel

Breadthbroad

EnvelopeHeart · ~8h lasting

Family Floral, Sweet & Gourmand

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

Origin

Rosa damascena grown in India, chiefly around Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh and in the south. The traditional method co-distils the petals directly into sandalwood oil rather than isolating an absolute or otto, so the carrier is part of the traded material.

Usage in Perfumery

25 Parfumo placements across 17 brands. Houses use it where they want a rose that reads warm and dense rather than dewy. The existing alias Indian Rose Absolute points at the generic rose note, which is a different, carrier-free material.