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Spirit + Rose

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 140 recipes, and they share 13 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together140 recipes
Ranktop 14% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Spirit Rose
91spirit only 13shared 60rose only Spirit · 104 Rose · 73
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do spirit and rose go together?

Yes. 140 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 13 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 18% of rose's 73. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and cis-rose oxide (green, flower).

What each one brings

spirit

The tartness. Sour notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for rose. It carries 91 molecules rose doesn't have.

rose

The woody side. Woody notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 1% for spirit. It carries 60 molecules spirit doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Bergamot: the best fit for both, top 11% of pairs with spirit, top 9% with rose.
  • Orange: top 13% of pairs with spirit, top 10% with rose.
  • Honey: top 11% of pairs with spirit, top 13% with rose.
  • Cardamom: top 19% of pairs with spirit, top 7% with rose.

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

Recipes with spirit and rose

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: spirit has 91 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 60 that spirit 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 13 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 91 only in spirit and the 60 only in rose.

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Spirit and rose questions

Do spirit and rose go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 140 recipes, and they share 13 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do spirit and rose taste good together?

They overlap on 13 flavor molecules: 18% of rose's 73. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and cis-rose oxide (green, flower).

What goes with spirit and rose?

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

Can I use rose instead of spirit?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: spirit has 91 molecules rose doesn't, and rose has 60 that spirit 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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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Spirit vs Rose. https://compkitchen.com/compare/spirit-vs-rose. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_spirit_vs_rose_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Spirit vs Rose},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/spirit-vs-rose},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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