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In these fields work is in full swing starting from dawn.
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People go out to the plantation to collect pink petals with the first rays of the sun.
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The ideal time when the flower reveals its aroma and contains the maximum amount of precious essential oil is from 4 to 8 in the morning.
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This year, due to weather conditions, the collection of petals began a little later than usual due to the later flowering of roses.
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Essential oil roses have been grown in Crimea since the late 1920s, they began to process it in factory volumes in the early 30s.
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In the Soviet years, 70-80% of the country’s rose oil was extracted in Crimea. It was exported abroad, including France to create perfumes.
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This year the rose is being harvested for the 90th time.
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They process rose petals within the first hours of collection right on the field so that not to lose their properties and qualities.
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The cultivation of roses on an industrial scale in Crimea was revived five years ago.
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Today, as many years ago, the Crimean rose is one of the miracles of the peninsula and a place of attraction for guests.
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They receive the basis for natural Crimean cosmetics from processed rose petals.
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The "magic" happens in the laboratory of the Crimean Rose company.
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The technology for preparing the oil extract of rose petals is similar to the recipe for making antique oil, as in ancient Greece.
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Petals are macerated in almond kernel oil.
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For three years, from a rose that is cultivated on a field in the Bakhchisaray district, it was possible to increase the production of hydrolate − the base of cosmetics − from 6 to 30 tons.
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But agrarians do not stop there.
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The manufacturer plans to lay new plantations of perennial essential oil crops.
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