Quick Specs
- Species: Rosa gallica (Apothecary’s rose, French rose)
- Type: Whole dried buds and petals
- Size/Quantity: 2 oz
- Best for: Personal love rituals, single-use sachets, altar decoration, beginner Venus magic
- Sourcing: SQF & Kosher certified supplier
I source this herb from a supplier that’s both SQF, Safe Quality Food, certified and Kosher certified, meeting real, audited quality standards rather than just a label. What’s in this packet is suitable for your kitchen, a cup of tea, your altar, and your spell jar.
Rosa Gallica: The Oldest Rose in Ritual Use
Rosa gallica, the French rose or Apothecary’s rose, holds the distinction of being the oldest rose in continuous cultivation, with documented use stretching back to ancient Persia and recorded in Greek and Roman sources. The Romans called it the rose of Miletus and grew it extensively around their temples to Venus. Medieval European apothecaries kept it as their standard rose, hence the name Apothecary’s rose, and it appears in the earliest surviving grimoires and herbal magic texts as the primary rose for love, beauty, and Venus-aligned ritual work.
Its crimson petals are richly fragrant, more so per petal than many modern hybrid roses, and its small, densely formed buds hold the full symbolic weight of new love and opening potential. In folk Catholicism and Marian devotion, red roses hold sacred significance in love and protection. Red rose is a widely used love herb, appearing in love-drawing formulas from the simplest sachet to complex multi-ingredient spell workings. Rose petals are also used in hoodoo love work and love-jinx removal.
Personal Love Ritual with the 2 oz Size
The 2 oz packet is the right scale for personal love ritual: enough to fill a charm bag, scatter across an altar cloth, or add to a personal ritual bath without excess. This size also suits practitioners who are new to working with roses in ritual and want to learn the herb’s energetic quality before building a larger stock. A small handful of Rosa gallica buds and petals in a pink flannel bag with rose quartz and your name paper is one of the most straightforward love-drawing workings. You’ll find compatible oils, candles, and complementary herbs in my love and attraction ritual herb collection.
Red roses correspond to Venus, the element of Water, and Friday as the day of workings. For beauty and glamour magic, red rose petals added to a basin of warm water used for a face wash or poured as a final rinse have been part of traditional beauty spells documented in both European and New World folk traditions. The 2 oz quantity is sufficient for several sessions of this practice, kept fresh in a sealed glass container between uses.
How to Use Red Rose Buds and Petals 2oz
Three personal-scale ritual uses for a 2 oz packet of red rose buds and petals in love drawing, altar work, and beauty ritual.
- Make a Classic Love-Drawing Sachet
Place a small handful of red rose buds and petals in a pink or red cloth bag with rose quartz, a lodestone, and a slip of paper with your name in red ink. Fold the paper toward you. Anoint the bag with rose oil and keep the sachet near your bed.
- Prepare a Simple Venus Altar Offering
Lay a red or pink cloth and place a pink or red candle at the center. Scatter rose buds and petals around the base, add a symbol of your love intention. Light the candle each Friday at Venus hour, hold your intention clearly, and let petals remain.
- Use in a Beauty Glamour Ritual
Place a tablespoon of red rose petals in a bowl and pour warm water over them. Let the infusion cool fifteen minutes, then strain. Use the rose-infused water as a final facial rinse while stating your glamour intention in the Venus-beauty tradition.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I source this as Rosa gallica, the Apothecary’s rose, because the species distinction matters to practitioners who work with botanical correspondences carefully. Most listings simply say “red rose” without noting which rose, but the oldest cultivated rose with a continuous magical lineage spanning from ancient Persia through medieval European grimoires deserves to be named accurately. The 2 oz size is accessible for those building a practice or filling a single working, and the quality holds because I keep turnover moving. For the full range of what I carry in ritual herbs and spell supplies, browse my herbs and accessories collection and find what calls to your current working.
Frequently Asked Questions
Rosa gallica is one of the oldest cultivated roses, used in love spells, Venus devotional practice, beauty rituals, and altar offerings since ancient times. It corresponds to Venus and Water, ideal for love drawing, glamour, and devotional work.
Add rose buds and petals to a charm bag with rose quartz and a petition, anoint with rose oil, and keep near your sleeping space. For altar work, scatter petals around a pink candle and light it each Friday. Simple rose rituals are often effective.
Rosa gallica is the Apothecary’s rose, the oldest cultivated rose with a lineage from ancient Persia through medieval grimoires. Rosa centifolia is a seventeenth-century Dutch cultivar with richer fragrance. Both serve Venus-centered magic work.
Yes, a 2 oz packet contains enough for a complete love-drawing sachet, a simple altar presentation, and a beauty rinse ritual. A single sachet uses well under an ounce. The 2 oz size suits personal practice for several workings before restocking.
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