Name: Body Scrub
Ingredients: 2 oz Apricot kernel oil; 1 oz Sunflower oil; 1 oz Jojoba oil; 1 oz Rice bran or oat bran; 6 Drops essential oils of; Lavender or rosemary

Why it works: Sunflower and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 263 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Body Scrub

Ingredients

Directions

Heat plant oils together.
Mix in bran and essential oils.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

500Calories

10 gProtein

17 gFat

77 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice Bran	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Apricot	1 medium (35g)	17
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0
Lavender	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Sunflower + ricetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Apricot + ricetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together353 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).
Apricot + sunflowertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together48 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Apricot + lavendertop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Rice + lavendertop 43% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together8 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).