The 11 Best Rose Water Sprays to Refresh and Calm Skin

This iconic rose water spray is one of the GH beauty team's all-time favorite face mists: It's made with extra skincare ingredients like calming aloe and toning lactic acid, and the light, authentic rose scent comes from the essential oils of two types of roses. Editor's tip: Keep a bottle at your desk to wake up your face in the afternoon and revive the look of your makeup.

An affordable rose water spray infused with softening glycerin, this formula is less than $10 and comes in a handy travel size, great for stashing in your bag to cool your face post-workout or toting on trips to reinvigorate dehydrated skin during a flight. 

Perfect for the purist, this affordable face spray is made from only one ingredient: 100% rose water. It smells light and clean, and is gentle and soothing on even sensitive skin. 

"Rose water has been a historically important part of women's beauty routines," says GH Beauty Lab Director Birnur Aral, Ph.D. "My mother applied rose water with a cotton ball to cleanse her sensitive face." One of Aral's favorites, this rose water spray "immediately refreshes and hydrates my skin, as it contains hydrators like aloe leaf juice, glycerin, and plant-derived hyaluronic acid," she explains. 

A makeup setting spray infused with rose water, this formulation also works to prime your skin before you apply makeup: "I love it as a prep step before my makeup application, and the hint of rose scent is amazing because it isn't overpowering and doesn't linger," Wnek says. 

A splurge that's worth it, this luxurious rose water spray is made from the extracts of the May rose, one of the most iconic roses in perfumery and beauty products. "The simple formula contains rose water as the first ingredient, plus humectants like glycerin to bind moisture into skin," Wnek explains.

This blend of rose water and botanicals like thyme and gardenia is a go-to of Aral's daughter: "She sprays it on her sensitive, acne-prone skin for toning and extra freshness after her cleansing routine," she says. "It gives a temporary glow and works over makeup to freshen it, too." Reviewers also love Mario Badescu's Witch Hazel & Rosewater Toner, too.

An infusion of exotic botanicals, including rose water, lavender, honeysuckle, and neroli, this face mist is another favorite of GH's beauty editors. "The aroma is like spritzing a fresh-cut bouquet of wild flowers and herbs on your face, and it's packed with so many of their extracts, it really feels like it gives skin radiance and nourishment," our beauty director raved.

A special combination of rose water and two types of clay makes this face spray a "liquid powder" that leaves behind a shine-free and grease-free finish, ideal for those with oily or acne-prone complexions.

The number one best-selling rose water spray on Amazon, this spritz is USDA-certified Organic, one of the emblems the GH Health, Beauty, and Environmental Sciences Lab stands behind in "green" certification. It's also made without alcohol, a common ingredient in face toners and mists, which can dry out skin as it evaporates. 

This pick by Thayers is packed with rose water and calming aloe vera — and has over 10,000 reviews on Amazon with an average 4.5 star rating. Reviewers swear it helps to fade scarring, with one raving, "it contributed to healing some stubborn acne-related hyperpigmentation."