Smelling sense is precious. There are some unforgettable moments, furtive, intense, that remind you why you are where you are, why you do what you are doing. The memory of that morning, the nose on a rose, is one of those rare moments.
A few minutes, perhaps twenty at the most, which are set in my memory as a sensory explosion. And which remind me why I chose my profession.
A few minutes, perhaps twenty at the most, which are set in my memory as a sensory explosion. And which remind me why I chose my profession.
What about this market ? It is a rose market where everything is sold at auction. Where roses are sold as potatoes would be: quickly, with no hesitation, without even being smelt. Because roses are not intended to satisfy the smell of us ordinary mortals here. Roses are intended for gods.
Everything goes fast.
Producers arrive, handing large burlap bags filled with roses to the brim. They sprinkle water on the flowers in order to preserve them, so that their rich fragrance remains alive as long as possible. Sometimes also to increase prices. Here as elsewhere does the supply and demand law rule the market. The larger the flowers, the more expensive. During off-season do the prices also rise.
Flowers are spread over the floor and weighed by hand.
Buyers are mainly intermediaries, who sometimes come from afar by bus, sometimes by cab, and who will sell them all over India for puja (offerings to the temple), ceremonies and weddings.
The roses which are sold in this market are mainly Barbarania, also called Edward roses. Flowers open around midnight. Dropped before dawn, they will be brought to the market from 3 AM. After blooming, plants are cut. It will take 45 days so they can give new flowers.
Barbarania roses have a very fragrant smell, with a damascone fruity note (to use the vocabulary of the profession) and a raspberry coulis note.
Producers arrive, handing large burlap bags filled with roses to the brim. They sprinkle water on the flowers in order to preserve them, so that their rich fragrance remains alive as long as possible. Sometimes also to increase prices. Here as elsewhere does the supply and demand law rule the market. The larger the flowers, the more expensive. During off-season do the prices also rise.
Flowers are spread over the floor and weighed by hand.
Buyers are mainly intermediaries, who sometimes come from afar by bus, sometimes by cab, and who will sell them all over India for puja (offerings to the temple), ceremonies and weddings.
The roses which are sold in this market are mainly Barbarania, also called Edward roses. Flowers open around midnight. Dropped before dawn, they will be brought to the market from 3 AM. After blooming, plants are cut. It will take 45 days so they can give new flowers.
Barbarania roses have a very fragrant smell, with a damascone fruity note (to use the vocabulary of the profession) and a raspberry coulis note.
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