What Is Rose Water Good For? 12 Benefits of Rose Water

Choosing your roses

Choose the most fragrant roses you can find when you make rose water. Your result can only be as strong as the roses that you start with. I recommend using Damask roses (Rosa damascena) if you have access to them, as it's this heirloom varietal that's traditional used in rose water production owing to its potent aroma. If you can't find Damask rose, any aromatic variety will do - including wild roses. In addition, choose roses that are organically or naturally grown and are explicitly intended for edible use. Flowers grown for the floristry industry tend to be treated with a wide variety of toxic industrial chemicals and agricultural inputs that make them unsafe for human consumption.