Name: Camphor Ice
Ingredients: 3 ounces camphor ice; 4 ounces expressed oil of almonds; 8 ounces pure water; 40 drops essence of bergamot; 2 teaspoons camphor ice (for flavor); 8 ounces beeswax; 5 ounces cold cream; 2 ounces glycerine; 3 ounces alcohol; 6 ounces fragrant cream; 100 grams mucilage of quince seed; 2 teaspoons borax; 6 teaspoons glycerine; 3 teaspoons alcohol

Why it works: Almond and quince share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 69 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

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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.

Almond + quincetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together69 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Almond + creamtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,130 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Camphor + almondtop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together85 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Almond + bergamottop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together48 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cream + quincetop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together203 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).