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One of the simplest and most delightful culinary uses is making scented sugars, which can be added to cakes or sprinkled over cookies or fruit. The most popular scented sugar [used by the Victorians] is made with rose geranium leaves, but you can make as many different flavors as you like.
Instructions:
Simply get a clean jar and pour a half inch of white sugar in the jar.
Then spread a thin layer of scented geranium leaves over it.
Repeat until you reach the top, ending with a layer of leaves.
Close and let stand for a week, and the leaves will transfer their scent to the sugar.