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Rosa damascena, more commonly known as the Damask rose or simply as "Damasks" is a species of rose considered an important type of Old Roses, also for their prominent place in the pedigree of many other types.
The crusader Robert de Brie is given credit for bringing them from Persia to Europe sometime between 1254 and 1276. They are renowned for their fine fragrance, and their flowers are commercially harvested for rose oil used in perfumery.
They are divided in two types:
- Summer Damasks (crosses between Gallica roses and Rosa phoenicea) bloom once in summer.
- Autumn Damasks (Gallicas crossed with Rosa moschata) bloom later, in the autumn.
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