rose water

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So Mr Jain decided to turn his roses into rose water and rose oil.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

In another scene, they dab Mama’s rose water on their wrists and imagine “that this is what Cleopatra or Nefertiti must have smelled like.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Remove from the heat and whisk in the rose water.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

Seven days later, in accordance with Hindu cremation rites, he lay in a coffin bedecked in incense, rose water and honey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

One morning she poured the contents of an inkwell over the boy's head thinking that it was rose water.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez