Roses for the Scented Room: Beautiful Ideas for Entertaining, Gift-giving and the Home [Hardcover]

Barbara Milo Ohrbach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 14, 2000

A rose can be so much more than a rose!

In Roses for the Scented Room, best-selling author Barbara Milo Ohrbach presents entertaining, gift-giving and decorating ideas celebrating the beauty of roses.

Beginning with the basics, Barbara de-scribes the many varieties available, from old-fashioned roses to modern hybrids, and explains how to choose the best roses from a florist or from your own garden. She offers dozens of simple how-to ideas for using them in the home or giving them as gifts. "The Rose Pantry" opens with a selection of delectable recipes, including Jasmine Rose Tea, while the chapter "Lotions and Potions" includes a Rose-Petal Face Splash and Aromatherapy Oils. As the author of The Scented Room and Simply Flowers, Barbara is known for her potpourris, and here she provides her favorite rose mixtures. And in "Entertaining," she shares some clever creations, such as Rose Ice Cubes, a Rose Ice Bucket and rose-petal Wedding Confetti.

Barbara concludes her book with a comprehensive Source Guide, listing dozens of the best rose gardens around the world, along with her favorite flower-filled hotels, rose-garden tours, books, suppliers and catalogs. Filled with hundreds of gorgeous color photographs, Roses for the Scented Room is a glorious celebration of the grace and beauty of roses.

In Roses for the Scented Room, best-selling author Barbara Milo Ohrbach offers a bounty of inspiring uses for the world's favorite flower. With her trademark style and grace, Barbara brings together easy projects, tips and recipes for gift-giving, entertaining and deco-rating with roses. Also included is an international guide to her favorite rose gardens and the best rose-related products, books and catalogs. Lavishly illustrated with gorgeous color photographs, Roses for the Scented Room is a true bouquet of beautiful ideas for any rose lover.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Whether you love roses for their delicate petals, astonishing range of colors, or sweet, seductive scent, Barbara Milo Ohrbach's gorgeous book, Roses for a Scented Room, will inspire you to fill every room in your house with a lovely array of edibles, decorations, and perfumed bouquets. A fascinating history of roses is included--from the ancient Romans to World War II, roses have been a most beloved flower. There's a wealth of practical advice here, from choosing and maintaining healthy plants to proper cutting technique (don't use regular scissors--they squash the stem).

Once summer arrives and your garden is bursting with blooms, you'll be amazed at just how many crafts await you! This goes far beyond the standard potpourri (although there is a great recipe for that too), diving into special drying techniques, concocting your own rosewater and hand cream, and even flavoring pound cakes and teas. The "Wedding Confetti" is an especially great idea now that traditional rice is so frowned upon--what could be prettier to throw than rose petals? The arranging section provides a wealth of new ideas and inspirations--as the author says, it's "hard to make roses look bad in any container"--but bringing out the best in your blossoms certainly can be fun and creative work!

Stunning photographs fill this book, making it a wonderful visual experience. You'll find it easy to add the essence of your summertime garden to your home year round. --Jill Lightner

About the Author

Barbara Milo Ohrbach, formally a corporate executive and retailing entrepreneur, is now the best-selling author of sixteen books. She regularly appears on television and tours the country speaking about the art of living, including gardening, decorating and antiques. She is the founder of Cherchez, the trend-setting New York City shop that presently creates fragrances for the home available by mail order. Barbara and her shop have been featured in many magazines, including People, House Beautiful, Gourmet, Family Circle, Harper's Bazaar, Woman's Day, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Victoria and House and Garden.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; First Edition edition (March 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609601075
• ISBN-13: 978-0609601075
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,238,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roses for the Scented Room: A Scrapbook of Ideas, Recipes,, March 24, 2000

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SANDRA LEE CALUYA (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roses for the Scented Room: Beautiful Ideas for Entertaining, Gift-giving and the Home (Hardcover)

Like the other books that have been put out my Ohrbach and Milo this book is joy! It is filled with beautiful photos of ways to use one of natures most beautiful creations - the rose. It includes recipes for things such as teas and potpourri and includes other ideas for lovely items that make perfect gifts or decorations for your home. The imformation is presented in a simple and thoughtfull manner so that it is relatively simple to complete the projects shown. The ideas are realistic - they are things that you really would do . There is also good information on how to care for roses in the garden and as well as great arrangement suggestions. All in all I really love this book. I'll be ordering at least 2 more since it will be the perfect mothers'day or easter gift. A must have for all of those who appreciate the beauty of roses!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites!, December 18, 2007

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This review is from: Roses for the Scented Room: Beautiful Ideas for Entertaining, Gift-giving and the Home (Hardcover)

I love this book. If anything its fun to just look at. There is some history, some info on types of roses, gathering roses, crafts, products you can make with roses (that are simple), and decorating/arranging...etc, etc! It's just filled with lots of great stuff. It's fun to read and lovely to look at!