Why it works: Cinnamon and bergamot work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Cinnamon Soap
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the tallow soap and palm oil soap in a large mixing container.
Add the essences of cinnamon, sassafras, and bergamot to the soap mixture.
Stir in the yellow ochre for color.
Melt the mixture gently over low heat until fully combined.
Pour the melted soap into molds and allow to cool and harden.
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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Cinnamon + bergamottop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together30 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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