Red Rose Buds & Petals (Rosa centifolia), 1 Lb

Rosa centifolia. The hundred-petaled rose, buds and petals.

Venus and Water. Cunningham's file, love foremost among its powers.

A full working pound. Sachets, baths, dishes, and craft.

• Contents: dried red rose buds and petals (Rosa centifolia), 1 lb
• Sold for ritual and craft use: sachets, altar dishes, ritual baths, and potpourri, not packaged as food
• Mild natural rose aroma; store sealed, cool, and dark
• SKU: HROSRWB

No botanical owns its file the way the rose owns love: Venus's flower in the classical world, the Virgin's in the medieval one, the love-drawing herb of every folk tradition that could grow it. Cunningham lists rose under Venus and Water with love, psychic powers, healing, luck, and protection in its column, and the working formats are the tradition's best-known: petals in love sachets and charm bags, buds ringing candle dishes, handfuls strewn in ritual baths, dishes on the Venus-day altar. A pound is the working quantity, enough for a season of sachets with plenty left for the bath custom. The petals draw nothing on their own, as we always say plainly; they carry the tradition's oldest love file while the loving is done by the one working.

1. Fill love sachets and charm bags, alone or with raspberry leaf and lavender.
2. Ring candle dishes with buds in the classic arrangement.
3. Strew petals in a ritual bath in the old custom.
4. Store sealed, cool, and dark to keep color and scent.

• Raspberry Leaf Cut, 2 oz: the Venus companion herb.
• Red Lover Dual Wick Candle: the flame the buds ring.
• Red Cotton Bag, 3 x 4 in: the sachet the petals fill.

What is rose associated with?

Love, first and always: Venus and Water in Cunningham's file, with psychic powers, healing, luck, and protection alongside.

What is Rosa centifolia?

The hundred-petaled rose: the old perfumers' variety, prized for petal abundance and soft fragrance.

Can I use them in a bath?

Yes, the strewn-petal bath is one of the rose's oldest customs: external use, with the drain-catcher's blessing.