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Flowers for perfume and scent

Grown for their oil: rose, jasmine, tuberose, ylang-ylang.

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KindArrangement Garland or wreath Worn flowers Carpet or floor pattern Parade or display Offering or rite Flower craft Art or design Garden style Custom

Decoration Attarअत्तर, عطر Traditional natural perfume oil distilled from flowers, herbs, and spices 🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Flower craft

Decoration Rose waterگلاب Flavoured water made by steeping or distilling rose petals 🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Offering or rite

Decoration Monoï oil Traditional Tahitian scented oil made from tiaré flowers and coconut oil Flower craft

Decoration Orange flower water A fragrant distillate from bitter-orange blossoms used in food, drink, and tradition 🇩🇿 Algeria and 7 more · Flower craft

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Attar: Kerina yin, CC0, source
Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Monoï oil: Verodemortillet, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Orange flower water: Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

The weekly bunch

Every Monday: what is in bloom, the flower festivals of the week, seven flowers you may not know and one tradition explained.