Rose flower water (aka rose petals water) is a clear, perfumed distillation of fresh rose petal blossoms.

This essential water has traditionally been used in many French and Mediterranean dessert dishes, but has more recently found its way into Western cuisine. For example, rose flower water is used in France to flavor crepes, in Mexico to flavor little wedding cakes, and in the United States to make pastry. Rose flower water is also used as an ingredient in some cocktails.

It has been a traditional ingredient used often in Middle Eastern cooking. In the Arab world, it is frequently added to hard or otherwise bad-tasting drinking water to mask the unpleasant flavor. Rose blossoms are believed to be used in this mannerbecause they are seen as the traditional bridal flower and, therefore, symbolize purity (white, small and delicate).