Rose Alba

About Rose Alba

Rose Alba is an old group of roses carrying white to pale-coloured flowers. Blue-green foliage and aromatic blossoms form part of its botanical character. Flowers provide essential oil and floral water, with perfume cultivation established in Bulgaria. Steam distillation of harvested petals offers one way of obtaining the flower’s scented materials.

Scent Profile

**Softer sweetness and a delicate, honey-like floral character** give a useful picture of its fragrance. The material can retain floral fullness while offering a lighter, more rounded expression. Rather than emphasising only the denser richness associated with some rose materials, it suggests the gentler texture of petals and sweeter floral nuances. A fresh flower, its distilled oil and its floral water offer different ways of encountering those aromatic aspects.

Use in Perfumery

Rose Alba can provide a gentler rose expression within floral compositions. Other flowers offer ways of connecting the bouquet, while citrus and wood can bring brightness and warmth around the softer floral centre. Fruit supplies another possible setting for its petal-like texture. Keeping that lighter floral expression in view, the material can help give a composition a softer, more rounded centre and a delicate sense of sweetness within the surrounding flowers.