2/3 of the big perfume houses in the world, which produce more than 2.3 million perfumes, use the Bulgarian "liquid gold" whixh is the nickname for rose oil. For the past 5 years, one of the biggest ...

Business is not a bed of roses for Bulgaria's rose oil makers these days. Made from Damask roses grown in the aptly named Rose Valley, the oil is a vital ingredient in the perfumes made by the world's ...

TARNICHANE: It’s 6am but the pickers are already working in Rose Valley, home to Bulgaria’s centuries-old rose oil industry, providing a vital ingredient for the global perfumes industry — and now ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Luxury perfume makers around the world can expect a bumper yield of rose oil from Bulgaria this year. Distillery owner Filip Lissicharov says yields have recovered following a ...

A man prepares a distiller in a rose oil factory in the village of Tarnicheni, some 170 kilometers from Sofia, Bulgaria, 26 May 2017. The oil rose (rosa damascena) had been brought to Bulgaria in the ...

In Bulgaria’s Valley of Roses during May local women rise before dawn and head out to the fields. As the sun rises they begin harvesting the small pink flowers of Rosa damascena for the delicate ...

Made from Damask roses grown in the aptly named Rose Valley, the oil is a vital ingredient in the perfumes made by the world's top luxury brands such as Christian Dior, Estee Lauder and Chanel. But a ...