ROSE HYDROLATE or ROSE WATER is a distillate of rose essential oil components that possesses valuable cosmetic and medicinal properties. Ancient people considered the rose to be the queen of flowers, and Avicenna and Hippocrates described its medicinal properties. Ancient Romans and Persians used rose water as a cooling and refreshing medium. Greek women used this medicinal elixir too, and they added it to their baths and used it as a skin rejuvenation remedy