A project started in 2004 with Bulgarian help to replace opium plantations in Afghanistan with Bulgarian Roses appears to be bearing fruit. Back in 2004, a project supported by the Bulgarian Foreign ...

A small essential oil maker from Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, has bought modern rose oil distillation equipment with help from EU funds. This has allowed the company to set up a new production line for ...

Business is not a bed of roses for Bulgaria's rose oil makers these days. Made from Damask roses grown in the aptly named Rose Valley, the oil is a vital ingredient in the perfumes made by the world's ...

It's 6:00 am but the pickers are already working in Rose Valley, home to Bulgaria's centuries-old rose oil industry, providing a vital ingredient for the global perfumes industry -- and now with EU ...

Dear coconut oil, I'll love you forever, but I think it's time I start seeing other natural beauty treasures. You're still perfect, but I've got to expand my horizons and get to know rose oil, the big ...

Just as the sun breaks through the mist shrouding Bulgaria's Stara Planina mountains, hundreds of villagers hustle through fields of rose bushes to pick fresh blooms still damp with morning dew. Their ...

It is 6am, but the pickers are already working in Rose Valley, home to Bulgaria’s centuries-old rose oil industry, providing a vital ingredient for the global perfumes industry — and now with EU ...

Made from Damask roses grown in the aptly named Rose Valley, the oil is a vital ingredient in the perfumes made by the world's top luxury brands such as Christian Dior, Estee Lauder and Chanel. But a ...

Just as the sun breaks through the mist shrouding Bulgaria's Stara Planina mountains, hundreds of villagers hustle through fields of rose bushes to pick fresh blooms still damp with morning dew. Their ...