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Hydrosol Definition 1989-2006
HYDROSOL: According the the Oxford English Dictionary –
Unabridged, the word hydrosol was first used and defined in
the production of gold in 1864.
In 1989, Jeanne Rose was the first person to use this word
for the first part of the liquid distillate when
freshly-picked plant material was distilled. Jeanne Rose
says ‘hydro’ means water and ‘sol’ means solution – the
new liquid that results from plant distillation. It is the
aromatic non-alcoholic distillate left from the distillation
process of organically grown plants that contains
water-soluble parts of the plant material and micro-drops of
the essential oil. Organoleptically, it has strong taste,
strong scent and a pH of less than 5.5. …Jeanne Rose
1990
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