What perfume to buy in Kazanlak

Kazanlak is the main town of the Rose Valley, where Damask roses are picked from mid-May to mid-June and distilled into rose oil. It has a Rose Museum and a Rose Festival first held in 1903, with rose-picking rituals in nearby villages on weekends in late May and early June.

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Guide last checked 10 Oct 2026. Every fact links to its source.

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Roseoverdose

Checked 10 Oct 2026

Kazanlak

Small independent house run by Silvia, whose family has grown roses in Kazanlak for generations. It makes small batches of perfume, each named after a Bulgarian place, and also distills rose oil and rose water from the family garden. It runs perfume-making workshops and a yearly Rose Retreat in the Rose Valley.

Where to buy

No8 Design Shop, Shishman Street 8 and 43, Sofia
Gifted, 24 Ivan Denkoglu Street, Sofia
Online shop at roseoverdose.com (ships within Bulgaria only), 30 ml for €84

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Perfume museums

Museum · Skobelevo village (Pavel Banya municipality, west of Kazanlak)

Damascena Rose Distillery and Ethno Complex

Bulgaria's first private rose distillery, founded in 1991. You can watch rose oil being distilled during the harvest, see an old copper still in its small ethnographic museum, and pick roses in the gardens in May and June.

Where: ul. Parvi May 24, Skobelevo (Skobelevo village (Pavel Banya municipality, west of Kazanlak))
Hours: Daily 09:00 to 17:00; live distilling mid-May to mid-June
Price: €12 adults, €8 students and pensioners, children under 7 free; guided talk €8; rose picking €7 (May to June)

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Museum · Tarnichene village (west of Kazanlak)

Enio Bonchev Rose Distillery and Family Museum

A family rose-oil maker whose first distillery was built in 1909 in Tarnichene. In the harvest season you can watch distilling there, walk the rose gardens, see the family museum and smell rose and lavender oils.

Where: Tarnichene village, Rose Valley (Tarnichene village (west of Kazanlak))
Hours: 1 May to 15 June only, by arrangement

Last checked 10 Oct 2026

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Museum · Old quarter

Kulata Ethnographic Complex

Two old houses in Kazanlak's oldest quarter where you can watch rose oil being distilled the traditional way, smell essential oils and taste rose jam and rose liqueur.

Where: bul. Nikola Petkov 18, 6100 Kazanlak (Old quarter)
Hours: April to October daily 09:00 to 17:30; in winter by appointment
Price: BGN 6 adults with rose jam and rose liqueur tasting; rose distillery visit with tastings BGN 8 adults, BGN 4 students; tasting entry BGN 2 students; essential-oil testing BGN 5 adults, BGN 3 students

Last checked 10 Oct 2026

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Museum · Southern industrial zone

Lema Rose Distillery

A working rose distillery with its own rose field, where a guide shows how roses are grown and distilled, next to an old copper still about 100 years old. The shop sells rose oil, rose water and rose brandy.

Where: South Ring Road, 6100 Kazanlak (about 1.6 km south of Grand Hotel Kazanlak) (Southern industrial zone)
Hours: Year round, 08:00 to 18:00; best in May and June when the roses bloom

Last checked 10 Oct 2026

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Museum · Rosarium Park

Rose Museum (Muzey na Rozata)

A museum about the oil rose, with old rose-oil vessels, tools, a rebuilt rose-oil warehouse and the first rose-oil testing lab. During the Rose Festival it holds live rose-distilling demonstrations, and the shop sells rose oil and rose liqueur.

Where: ul. Voynishka 1, Rosarium Park, 6100 Kazanlak
Hours: Daily 09:00 to 17:30 (the museum site lists summer hours to 18:00)
Price: BGN 6 adults, BGN 2 students, children under 7 free; guided tour in a foreign language BGN 20

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026

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