The Sweet Smell of Success

In Bulgaria's Valley of Roses during May local women rise before dawn and head out to the fields. As the sun rises they begin harvesting the small pink flowers of Rosa damascena for the delicate petals that will be distilled into attar of roses, or rose oil, among the world's finest and an essential ingredient in designer perfumes. "Bulgarian rose oil...

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