Back on the trail of the taste of #RootBeer (tasting like smell of Germolene). Looks like Wintergreen is the common element.

This is too funny.

According to Wikipedia
#Germolene is "...scented with oil of wintergreen...."

And on the #Wintergreen page?
"...it is often a component of root beer, which originated in the United States..."

I can't do enough ROFLs for this. My childhood palette was spot on. 🤣

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintergreen#Oil_of_wintergreen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germolene