Why it works: Rose and geranium work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry cis-rose oxide, which smells green, flower. The science ↓
Rose Soap
Ingredients
Directions
Melt the soap in a water bath with the rose water.
Add the cinnabar and oil of rose geranium.
Finally, mix in enough powdered talcum until the soap reaches the desired consistency.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Rose + geraniumtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together64 recipes
Shared aroma: cis-rose oxide (green, flower).
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