you know I wondered if people were mistaking rose for the recorded "soapy" flavour -- or at least some sort of flawer.
I remember the first time my Korean friend gave me a pack of gun and when I started at him after tasting it he started laughing -- it was lillac flavored gun and yes, it tasted a bit like soap (probably because Americans only really see flower flavours in candles and soap) -- but as the years went by I developed quite the taste for floral candies/gums/cigarettes (most of which I used order from that old friend in Korea after he went back and before we lost touch)
I'll give mixture 79 a go sometime. . . assuming you aren't pulling my chain. Though I'll be ordering a corncob to go with it if I do heh heh.