In Bulgaria in June, the roses have bloomed with smiling faces, the flowers are like a small wine glass, and the petals bloom in a slight spiral.

It looks beautiful and charming, gently approaching it, taking a deep breath, and a faint fragrance comes to my nose!

"It's God's backyard!" Looking at the roses blooming all over the mountains, Ferdinand sighed!

In a flash of inspiration, "Rose - rose essential oil, rose tea, rose tea!" Ferdinand burst out laughing

"Sitting on Baoshan without knowing it!"

Roses belong to the family RosaceaeRosaceaeRosaceaeRosa is a deciduous shrub with prickly branches. Odd pinnate compound leaves, leaflets 5-9, elliptic, with edge spines, wrinkled surface, most of the leaves and petioles conjugated. The flowers are solitary and clustered, purplish-red, pink, yellow, white, and fragrant.

Roses are both beautiful and fragrant, and in addition to their ornamental value, they are also a good raw material for tea and aromatic oils.

Rose tea is mixed with fresh roses and tea buds in proportion, and can also be made into rose tea, which has a strong aroma, light difference, and not fierce.

Rose is also a precious medicinal material, beauty and beauty, meridian activation, softening blood vessels, for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, high blood pressure, heart disease and gynecology has a significant effect.

It has the effect of harmonizing the liver and spleen, regulating qi and stomach, promoting blood circulation, invigorating blood and beautifying the skin, warming the stomach and nourishing the liver, preventing constipation, reducing anger, astringency and regulating menstruation, which is especially suitable for women with endocrine disorders and backache.

In the past, Bulgaria was the world's largest exporter of rose oil. Rose oil is the main ingredient in the production of fine perfumes, which has always been in short supply, and has the reputation of "liquid gold".

Bulgarian rose oil has been produced for more than 200 years without any technical difficulties.

As early as the 16th century, the Bulgarian people began to extract rose water from roses, and in 1680 they began to produce rose essential oil.

Beginning in the mid-18th century, Bulgarian rose oil was exported to Europe either by sea via Istanbul, Turkey, or by land via Bucharest, Romania, and Vienna, Austria.

Until the 19th century, the production of rose oil in the Bulgarian Rose Valley was carried out in the form of family workshops.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Bulgaria had become the world's largest producer of rose oil, with the main growing regions of Kazanlak, Karlov, Chepan, Stara and Novazagera.

In the 20th century, Bulgaria produced 6,000 kilograms a year at its peak, and about 200,000 people worked in the rose production industry, providing more than half of the world's rose oil demand.

There are many varieties of Bulgarian roses, such as Bulgarian roses, Damascus roses, purple branch roses, and abundant roses, etc., and they are of high quality and widely loved by people.

Before Li Mu crossed, when he was mixing on Taobao, in order to sell inferior perfumes at a high price, he didn't know much about this knowledge.

In a world of highly developed networks, it is no secret that the raw materials used to produce perfumes are considered to be the best raw materials for perfumery.

In the 21st century, urban white-collar workers who have suffered from pesticides and fertilizers have begun to advocate green environmental protection, pure natural and pollution-free, and even a little crazy.

Believing that the traditional and primitive process is the most environmentally friendly, Li Mu also specially studied the production process of rose essential oil.

Rose petals contain more oil, and stamens also contain some oil, which can be added to the petals to extract together. The methods of refining rose oil include: solvent extraction, distillation extraction, and carbon dioxide extraction.

In the early days of Bulgaria, rose oil was extracted by distillation extraction, and rose petals were obtained by steam distillation, but the oil yield of rose petals was very low, with an average of about 0.02-0.05%.

Roses must also be harvested before the sun rises to the top of the mountain, otherwise they will lose their color and fragrance due to sunlight. The extraction of essential oils by solvent extraction in Bulgaria began in 1904, which increased yields tenfold and has since become very common.

In order to sell inferior perfumes at the price of high-end perfumes, Li Mu roughly memorized these processes, just to fool female customers who don't understand.

Customer: "Boss, there's a problem with the perfume you sell!" ”

Li Mu: "What's the problem?" If it is the quality problem of the product itself, I will return it! ”

Customer: "The perfume smells so light, it's not as good as what I used to use!" ”

Li Mu: "Oh, this is normal! Your perfume is purely natural and handmade, the main raw material rose essential oil, is artificially distilled and refined, and the concentration is naturally not as good as that of chemical refining! ”

"You've always seen roses, is the fragrance so strong? The concentration of the perfume is too large, and chemical additives must be added to it! ”

Customer: "Yes! ”

Li Mu: "Of course, if you don't feel at ease, you can go to the flower shop and smell the smell of roses." You can also go to the Internet to check the information, and Baidu will come out at once! If it's different from what I said, whether there is a problem or not, I will return it unconditionally, and the courier fee will be mine! ”

Customer: "Oh, well! ”

……

The above is Ferdinand's daily work in his previous life, proud of the concept of environmental protection and green penetrated into his life, so he took the opportunity to make a lot of money, and the half-dead Taobao store did not close.

Rose essential oil has always been a scarce commodity, and prices remain high in the international market. Historically, the value of Bulgarian rose oil production was 900 kg in 1849, 1,500 kg in 1852, and the highest value was 3,000-6,000 kg in 1905-1914.

At that time, more than 70% of the roses in the world that made perfumes and essences came from Bulgaria.

As can be seen from the above data, the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century was the golden age for the development of the Bulgarian rose industry chain.

Ferdinand thought about it and felt that once the rose industry chain was developed, it would definitely become a new economic growth point for Bulgaria in the future.

In 1891, Bulgaria had a near monopoly on the world's supply of rose essential oil, but it had no pricing power.

The backward mode of production of small families, unable to unite to dominate the pricing power of products, was broken one by one by foreign capitalists, and a large amount of profits were occupied by international capital, and had to be reduced to a source of raw materials.

In addition to the above information, what impressed Ferdinand the most was "eating"! It seems that when you get to the big foodie empire, your first reaction is can you eat this thing? How does it taste?

Eating roses was only carried forward in the empire of big foodies, and then it was passed back to the Western world.

For example, rose milk tea sago dew is said to be developed by a female foodie who wants to lack raw materials for bubble milk tea.

It is made with a little sago, rose tea, a small amount of glutinous rice flour, matcha powder, cocoa powder, black tea, bayberry, mint leaves, etc. (The specific method, Baidu himself, the author Jun is not a foodie, and he doesn't care about the practice!) ）

There is also rose porridge and rose dew, and even stir-fried roses, fried roses, and soup with roses. (Oh, the author-kun also ate rose pancakes, and the taste is endlessly evocative - comparable to looking up at the stars!) There are all kinds of methods, and there is nothing that cannot be done, only the unthinkable.

(I sent the book in the early morning, I'm too tired, and the author doesn't want to stay up late!! Good night)