rose water

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The dough is then rolled into small balls, fried and soaked immediately in a warm syrup made from saffron threads and rose water.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

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

“The saffron, the rose water, those flavors are very home for me,” Petrossian says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

At lunch she hiked miles within the walled city, around curls and corners of tiny alleyways, up secretive staircases, along crowded thoroughfares smelling of oranges and rose water and damp, mopped stone.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye