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Rose + Jasmine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 45 recipes, and they share 8 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together45 recipes
Ranktop 13% of pairs
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65rose only 8shared 25jasmine only Rose · 73 Jasmine · 33
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do rose and jasmine go together?

Yes. 45 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 8 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 8 flavor molecules: 24% of jasmine's 33. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and eugenol (clove, spicy). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

rose

The woody side. Woody notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for jasmine. It carries 65 molecules jasmine doesn't have.

jasmine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 28% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 16% for rose. It carries 25 molecules rose doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Bergamot: the best fit for both, top 9% of pairs with rose, top 11% with jasmine.
  • Orange: top 10% of pairs with rose, top 17% with jasmine.
  • Lavender: top 15% of pairs with rose, top 16% with jasmine.
  • Cardamom: top 7% of pairs with rose, top 30% with jasmine.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with rose and jasmine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both rose and jasmine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: rose has 65 molecules jasmine doesn't, and jasmine has 25 that rose doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 8 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 65 only in rose and the 25 only in jasmine.

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Rose and jasmine questions

Do rose and jasmine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 45 recipes, and they share 8 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do rose and jasmine taste good together?

They overlap on 8 flavor molecules: 24% of jasmine's 33. Among the shared key aromas are linalool (floral, citrus) and eugenol (clove, spicy). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with rose and jasmine?

Bergamot is the best third ingredient: top 9% of pairs with rose and top 11% with jasmine. Orange and lavender also fit both.

Can I use jasmine instead of rose?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: rose has 65 molecules jasmine doesn't, and jasmine has 25 that rose doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Rose vs Jasmine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/rose-vs-jasmine. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_rose_vs_jasmine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Rose vs Jasmine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/rose-vs-jasmine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.