Why it works: Cream and lavender work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and 54 recipes mention both. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓
Spirit of Soap, for Shaving
Ingredients
Directions
Pound the soap and cream of tartar together in a marble mortar.
Gradually add the lavender water and mix well.
Filter the mixture and store it in tightly sealed bottles.
To use, add a few drops to a spoonful of water and beat to a lather.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Cream + lavendertop 26% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together54 recipes
Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
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