I'm going to assume this is NOT a secret, as none of the components for our communes are to my knowledge.

Can someone tell me how to make a bonding rose?

I've tried the recipie on DR secrets (rose pulp + 3 parts dracon powder + holy oil = attar) in a mixing bowl, and get nothing but 'failed to combine' and 30 seconds of RT.

I'm frustrated and not in a good mood to begin with, which is never the 'ideal' time to play with these wonderful systems.

Petals were new, oil was not, powder was not. Mech's nearly 100. Finished the quest before, was just going to make a couple roses for convenience.

What'm I doing wrong?

User error. Had a 5 part powder broken into the 2-3 parts, and put the wrong one in the bowl.

More depressing than anything else at this point.

I think if you have a mixing bowl, you need a mixing stick. I THINK. Otherwise as someone else pointed out, when you mix or shake the bowl it splatters everywhere.