A Rose from my Neighbour

My neighbour has a beautiful climing rose in her garden. We were chatting over the fence and I said how beautiful it was. She picked a flower for me so that I could enjoy the amazing fragrance. We discovered that as children we both used to soak rose petals in water to make perfume.

[Mave]

Beautiful.

[Chris K]

a beautiful rose. Its such a shame that most roses you buy in a florist have no scent at all. My favourite and probably the only one I know by name is Cecile Brunner. I had it in my wedding bouquet and my grandpa grew it in his garden. Have you read For the Love of a Rose, a true story of two rose growing families in France.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a beauty ! - fond memories of childhood -- but the rose water never smelt very good did it !! :)

[Helen]

Lovely Rose, there are so many without a perfume now ..... enjoy your neighbourly gift

[Bep]

Beautiful! I remember my sister and me did the same: soak rose petals in water to make perfume.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Susie]

Gorgeous

[Valerie Chesney]

So beautiful...

[Merrelyn]

What a beautiful rose :)

[Michelle]

Such a pretty rose, I also use to make perfume with rose petals by boiling them, soaking them and then straining them!

[Jane Morley]

Beautiful rose. My granddaughter in NZ made some rose water during our last visit. I was amazed...it didn't smell bad at all, much better than the stuff I used to make 150 years ago!