Actually, I think they were going for the scent of the benzoin, along with the rosewater-- rosewater is being used as a distilled solvent for the benzoin and the soap.
Good question about the heat... I'm wondering if the lack of mention of heat is because mixing of some or all of the ingredients makes a heat causing reaction, and thus brings the temperature up high enough to bring it back down through saponification temperature.
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Date: 2008-06-19 01:58 pm (UTC)Good question about the heat... I'm wondering if the lack of mention of heat is because mixing of some or all of the ingredients makes a heat causing reaction, and thus brings the temperature up high enough to bring it back down through saponification temperature.