Chapter 178: God-given Gift (Please subscribe!)
"You mean, rose...what?" Alana asked puzzledly.
She knew about roses, of course, but she was confused by the essential oils that Kalio mentioned.
In the Kingdom of Basel, especially in the royal palace of Basel, the consumption of roses has always been huge.
In addition to placing rose petals in vases for viewing, the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel, especially the ladies and young ladies, often used rose petals as guides when bathing, sprinkling the light pink rose petals into the water.
Not only will it make people feel refreshed, but it will also leave a lingering scent of roses on the body.
But... the liquid contained in this small and exquisite crystal bottle is obviously very different from those light red rose petals.
Looking at the clear liquid with a light golden luster, if Kalio hadn't explained it in advance, Alana really couldn't imagine that the liquid in the bottle had any connection with the rose.
"Your Majesty, the liquid in this bottle is called rose essential oil. It is an excellent gift that Master Wally Harlin asked me to give to you before he left." Kallio replied.
“Rose essential oil?”
"Yes!" Cario nodded, and then said: "Reporting to the Queen, this rose essential oil is a good thing that Master Vali went through a lot of trouble to get from the Norman Empire!"
"Although rose essential oil seems to be very little, it requires hundreds of acres of roses to purify it. Take the roses used to make essential oil for example, they must be cultivated in the plateau frozen soil of the Odin Empire. Roses grown in other places will never be able to extract such a treasure."
"Oh? Go on."
Kallio's words couldn't help but arouse Queen Alana's interest. As the queen of a country, she had seen all kinds of good things, but this rose essential oil really opened her eyes.
"Yes! In addition to being grown in plateau frozen soil, the rose petals used to extract essential oils must be picked at 7 a.m. on the seventh day of flowering, and then immersed in clear spring water from the Almis Mountains for preservation."
"In order to preserve the purest rose fragrance, the rose petals must be picked naked by children under the age of seven. The picked rose petals must be purified within seven hours."
"However, children under the age of seven are obviously unable to operate the process of purifying rose essential oil. Therefore, when purifying the essential oil, the most devout believers need to recite church scriptures and express gratitude to the gods for their grace, so that the gods can perform miracles and remove the filth around them, so that the selected rose petals can receive the gods' blessing and cleansing."
"I don't know the specific process of purification, but it takes at least hundreds of acres of roses to extract a small bottle of rose essential oil."
Hearing this, Alanna was stunned. Even the luxurious royal family of Basel had never heard of such a process.
"You mean... just this small bottle requires hundreds of acres of roses?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not lie. The bottle of essential oil in your hand has actually been diluted..."
"dilution?"
"Yes, but... even so, this bottle of essential oil requires at least thirty or forty acres of roses to be extracted. Moreover, the water used to dilute the rose essential oil comes from the purest water source deep in the Almis Mountains, and is holy water obtained after the blessing and prayer of the cardinal!"
After hearing what Kalio said, Alana couldn't help but be stunned.
As the eldest sister of Wally Harlin, Alana knew very well that her brother would never lie to her, so... this small bottle of rose essential oil was so valuable!!!
"It's just... I don't know what this rose essential oil is good for?"
Roses can be admired, and rose petals can be used for bathing, but what effects does the essential oil extracted from roses have? "Your Majesty, the benefits of rose essential oil are simply innumerable. Because they are too complicated, I have made a list for you and recorded them all."
As he spoke, Kallio handed over a thick roll of parchment.
"There are so many?" Alana asked in surprise, looking at the lines of text.
"Of course. This rose essential oil is made from the best roses and has been blessed by the cardinal. Naturally, it has excellent effects." Kallio said quickly.
Whitening skin care...
Beauty and skin care...
Even improve physiological discomfort...
Every line of text on the parchment made Alana feel incredible. This rose essential oil... could it be really so magical?
Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Kalio said softly: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave now..."
"You go ahead!"
Alana waved her hand. As she watched Kalio gradually walk away, she impatiently ordered, "Prepare warm water and follow the instructions on this parchment roll..."
"Yes!" the maid serving beside her replied quickly.
…
When Kallio left the palace, the wide Via Nerva was already crowded with people.
As the main north-south artery running through Basel, the land-scarce Via Nerva is home to many of Basel's shops.
At the corner of this road, a large shop is being renovated in full swing.
This is the base of the Idar Chamber of Commerce in Basel, and also the first stop for the Idar Chamber of Commerce to enter the Basel market.
With the tacit consent of Queen Alana, Kallio, under the banner of the Harlin family, easily took over this shop located on the golden road.
Giving rose essential oil to Queen Alana was not only to express gratitude to her, but also to advertise the rose essential oil produced by the Idar Chamber of Commerce.
What could be more prestigious than having the queen personally endorse the product? Kallio had great confidence in the efficacy of rose essential oil, and when the noble ladies and young ladies found out the source of the rose essential oil, Kallio would naturally offer a price that would make his lord the earl feel reasonable.
That’s right!
It was Bruno who felt it was reasonable, not the nobles of Basel! After all...
Rose essential oil is a luxury product, so it’s natural to go for the high-end route! Moreover, the production of rose essential oil also makes Idar County choose the high-end route of having a price but no market. However… the products in the store are naturally not just rose essential oil. With rose essential oil as a brand, the other products will surely sell well…
Kalio attached great importance to the decoration of the store. Under Bruno's guidance, Kalio firmly remembered a series of refreshing sales techniques and sales methods in his little notebook.
Any product needs packaging and promotion, and only if the store in front of him looks high-end and classy at first glance, Kalio can afford to raise the price! Therefore, the store in front of him, whether it is the external decoration or the internal decoration, is luxurious enough to make those nobles pay without hesitation.
"Give the order and let the people below make preparations early. Our shop will officially open on the first of next month!" Kalio said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
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(End of this chapter)
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