Every year, as the village of Qamsar (in central Iran) turns to spring, its people transform their desert landscapes into wild fields of sacred roses.  This rose is called the Mohammadi flower of Qamsar, the queen of all roses. Once bloomed, the people of Qamsar prepare themselves to begin the ancient ritual of hand making rose water.  A custom passed down intergenerationally over seven centuries through oral traditions which interconnected people to land and place across the central deserts.  The ritual of making rose water is unchanged over history and the natural and climatic conditions in the Qamsar landscape, supports the highest concentration of the essence necessary to make the finest and most sought-after rose water in the world.

 

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