Roseoverdose
Checked 10 Oct 2026
Destinations
Local perfumes of Bulgaria
Bulgaria grows Damask roses for perfume in the Rose Valley around Kazanlak, where you can visit a rose museum and working rose distilleries, best during the harvest from mid-May to mid-June.
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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.
Perfume houses from Bulgaria