Name: Pastilles It LA Rose
Ingredients: 12 ounces gum; 12 ounces olibanum (frankincense); 12 ounces storax; 8 ounces saltpetre; 16 ounces powdered pale roses; 3 pounds powdered charcoal; 1 ounce rose essence

Pastilles It LA Rose

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the gum, olibanum, storax, saltpetre, powdered roses, and powdered charcoal into a paste with water.
Once the paste is stiff enough, roll it into conical shapes about ¾ inch long.
Allow the pastilles to dry completely.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.