Chapter 66: Chapter 066: Rose Oil and Development Zone

Kazanlık Rose Valley, 30 kilometers northeast of downtown, has an average altitude of 200-400 meters, making it the best place in the world for roses to grow, without a doubt.

The finest Damask roses grow here, and the warm, moist air from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea that comes from the east and the Balkan Mountains to the west shield the colder air from the north. It was causing the contrast between the morning and evening temperatures to be somewhat greater than in the center of the Rose Valley.

However, the petals of Damask roses contain almost no wax. What does the fragrance of the rose have to be protected?

To protect the fragrance molecules from the sun's rays and prevent them from evaporating with moisture, the natural environment with a wider temperature difference between morning and evening creates more morning dew than ever for the roses in the morning.

The more morning dew there is, the more it protects the fragrance of the roses from being lost, so this area has always produced the finest rose oil in the world.

The demand for labor to process rose oil is huge. Other than the large number of workers needed for processing, the demand for the number of flower farmers is really huge.

Roses are pretty fragile, and the best time to pick them is every morning from 8 am-10 am, the only time to collect the best quality roses.

After the roses are packed and sealed to prevent the fragrance from evaporating, they are sent to the factory, where the centuries-old distillation method is used to process the rose oil.

As he looked at the data he had compiled, Franz's headache grew the more he read. Rose farming is truly intensive work. Each acre needs at least two to three experienced flower farmers to pick.

It takes more than ten tons of high-quality rose petals to extract one kilogram of the best quality rose essential oil. That is even after the use of new processes. The yield of second-rate essential oil is not much higher.