What is ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil?

ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil is a small-batch infusion made from Rosa damascena petals macerated in jojoba and sweet almond oil. Seventy percent of the formulation is rose petals, gathered from the Valley of Roses in Morocco. Nothing else is added. The petals are not distilled, not extracted, not processed. They are held in the oil until the oil carries their full intelligence: their antioxidants, their vitamins, their fragrance, their frequency.

Where are ETHERNAL's roses sourced, and where is the oil made?

ETHERNAL's Rosa damascena petals are sourced from Morocco, specifically from the Valley of Roses, the Dadès Valley, where the Damask Rose has been cultivated for generations. The infusion is crafted on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, where the petals are slowly macerated in jojoba and sweet almond oil over time.

How many rose petals are in each bottle?

ETHERNAL uses approximately seventy Rosa damascena petals per milliliter of oil. The 10ml Perfume Oil contains the infusion of approximately 700 petals. The 30ml Signature Oil contains approximately 2,100 petals. The 50ml Atelier Oil contains approximately 3,500 petals.

What is the difference between ETHERNAL Damask Rose Infusion Oil and a rose essential oil?

ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil is a whole-petal infusion, while rose essential oil is produced through steam distillation or solvent extraction. Distillation isolates aromatic compounds but can alter or lose many of the rose's more delicate fat-soluble nutrients. ETHERNAL is a full petal infusion: whole Rosa damascena petals, slowly macerated in carrier oils until they have released their complete profile of vitamins, polyphenols, flavonoids, antioxidants, and living frequency into the oil.

What is the difference between rose oil and rosehip oil?

Rose oil comes from the petals of Rosa damascena and is rich in antioxidants, fat-soluble vitamins, polyphenols, and fragrant living compounds. Rosehip oil is pressed from the seeds of the rose fruit, carries no floral fragrance, and is known for its fatty acid content. ETHERNAL is a rose petal infusion, not a rosehip oil.

Why is authentic Damask Rose Infusion Oil expensive?

ETHERNAL uses approximately seventy Rosa damascena petals per milliliter of oil, requiring thousands of whole petals for every bottle. The roses are gathered in the Valley of Roses in Morocco during a brief seasonal harvest at peak bloom. The cold infusion method is slow: whole petals are macerated patiently over time. Authentic Rosa damascena contains more than 300 natural compounds and has never been fully replicated synthetically.

How should I use ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil?

Begin in prayer pose. Warm two to three drops between your palms, rubbing them together to generate heat. Inhale slowly and let the fragrance of the rose arrive first. Apply from the neck upward across the face, or downward across the body, with slow and intentional touch. The oil absorbs fully and leaves no residue, only a quiet luminosity and the living scent of the rose.

Can ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil be used on the face?

Yes. The 30ml Signature Oil and 50ml Atelier Oil are formulated for both face and body application. The infusion is carried in jojoba and sweet almond oil, both widely used in facial skincare for their compatibility with the skin barrier. Begin with a small amount and observe how your skin responds.

Is ETHERNAL suitable for sensitive skin?

Yes. The 30ml and 50ml oils are formulated with sensitive and mature skin in mind. ETHERNAL contains no synthetic fragrance, no preservatives, and no fillers. Jojoba and sweet almond oil are among the most skin-compatible carriers in natural skincare.

What is The Inner Circle of the Rose?

The Inner Circle of the Rose is the living heart of the ETHERNAL universe, a community of those who choose to move with the rose through the seasons. With each Rose Drop, members receive access to a live seasonal ritual session led by ETHERNAL founder Giselle Fiumara, offered both in person and online. Membership begins automatically with the purchase of any ETHERNAL oil.

Is ETHERNAL vegan and cruelty-free?

Yes. ETHERNAL Damask Rose Infusion Oil is 100% vegan and cruelty-free. No animal products, no animal testing. Only pure ingredients in their most natural form.

Where is ETHERNAL available?

ETHERNAL is available exclusively online at ethernalofficial.co and ships internationally. ETHERNAL is also present at Faena Miami Beach at Tierra Santa Healing House, with additional New York locations coming soon.

Damask Rose Oil and the Practice of Devotional Beauty

Apr 9

Written By Giselle Fiumara

There is a difference between a routine and a devotion. A routine is something you complete on the way to something else. A devotion is something you enter fully, with your whole attention, because the act itself is the point.

ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil was created for devotion. As an object of devotional beauty that asks something of you. Slowness. Presence. The willingness to treat yourself as a place worth returning to every day.

The rose has always asked this of the people who worked with her.

What the Rose Has Always Known

Long before the Damask Rose became the cornerstone of fine perfumery, she was used as a tool of devotion. In ancient Persia, rose oil was present in moments of prayer, preparation, and sacred transition. In Egypt, it was used in anointing practices that marked the threshold between states. Across the Mediterranean, it was understood that the rose did something to the nervous system that other plants did. That her fragrance, arriving through the olfactory system directly into the limbic brain, could shift the quality of a person's inner state before a single conscious thought intervened.

Ancient cultures built entire ritual traditions around that observation. They understood beauty as a state of alignment, and the rose as the frequency that supported that alignment.

To practice devotional beauty with Damask Rose Oil is to participate in that lineage. A daily act of conscious return to yourself.

Devotional Beauty as a Practice

Devotional beauty is the daily choice to be present with yourself. To treat the act of caring for your body as an act of presence. To make each application an opportunity to return, to settle, and to inhabit yourself more fully.

When you warm ETHERNAL between your palms before it touches your skin, when you inhale the rose before you apply it, when you move your hands slowly and with intention across your face and neck and body, you are performing an act of devotion. Small, daily, and cumulative. The kind that compounds over time into something that changes how you move through the world.

This is what devotional beauty means. The daily choice to be present with yourself, with an oil that is worthy of that attention.

How to Apply ETHERNAL as a Devotional Practice

Begin in prayer pose. Warm two to three drops of ETHERNAL Signature Oil between your palms, pressing them together to generate heat. That warmth activates the intelligence of the rose held in the oil before it ever meets your skin.

Bring your palms to your face and inhale slowly and deeply. Let the fragrance of the rose arrive first. This is the beginning of the practice.

Then apply. From the neck upward across the face, pressing gently with intention. Downward across the body, across the collarbone and the heart center, with slow and deliberate touch. The oil absorbs completely, leaving a quiet luminosity on the skin and the living scent of the rose, present and evolving for hours.

There is no correct length of time. There is only the quality of attention you bring. Two minutes practiced fully carries more than ten minutes performed absently.

The Inner Circle of the Rose

ETHERNAL is released through The Inner Circle of the Rose. The Inner Circle is the living heart of the ETHERNAL universe, a community of those who choose to move with the rose through the seasons and deepen their devotional practice over time.

Four times a year, aligned with the Spring Equinox, the Summer Solstice, the Autumn Equinox, and the Winter Solstice, a new Rose Drop is released. Each Drop arrives with its own seasonal anointment ritual, a complete devotional practice designed for that season's specific frequency, led live by ETHERNAL founder Giselle Fiumara, offered both in person and online.

To belong to The Inner Circle of the Rose, you begin with the bottle. When you purchase ETHERNAL Damask Rose Oil, you are welcomed into the circle automatically. The oil and the practice are inseparable. To hold the bottle is to be part of the circle.

This is what distinguishes ETHERNAL within the world of devotional beauty. Something you practice. Something that deepens with every season, every Drop, every application.