Home›Open Questions›When is rose first attested as a burned incense, rather than a garland or distilled perfume?Open QuestionsWhen is rose first attested as a burned incense, rather than a garland or distilled perfume?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "When is rose first attested as a burned incense, rather than a garland or distilled perfume?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-is-rose-first-attested-as-a-burned-incense-rather-than-a-garland-or-distilled-perfume.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). When is rose first attested as a burned incense, rather than a garland or distilled perfume?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-is-rose-first-attested-as-a-burned-incense-rather-than-a-garland-or-distilled-perfumeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-when-is-rose-first-attested-as-a-burned, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {When is rose first attested as a burned incense, rather than a garland or distilled perfume?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-is-rose-first-attested-as-a-burned-incense-rather-than-a-garland-or-distilled-perfume}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionRose's documented ancient uses are overwhelmingly as a garland, perfume or, later, a distilled water, and no specific dated source for rose burned as incense specifically has been confirmed.What would resolve this A study of ancient or medieval aromatic use texts distinguishing rose's earliest attestation as a burned incense from its far better documented uses as a garland and distilled perfume.OpenClassical history, history of perfumeryMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Encyclopedia of ReligionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnRose, Incense Well-attested SourcesEncyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year