Rose cultivation for production of rose water and later – attar of rose or rose oil started in India and Egypt. Production of rose water and rose oil through distillation of rose blossoms started around 10th century in the lands, part of old Arabian State.

Brought to Bulgarian lands in the 16th-17th century, the Rose Damascena found favorable conditions for cultivation in the sub-Balkan valleys of Bulgaria, known nowadays as The Rose Valley.