The scent of the rose to turn to (4)
I believe the answer is:
otto
'the scent' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'of the rose to turn to' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'rose' is a reversal indicator.
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'turn' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'o'+'t'='ot'
'ot' backwards is 'to'.
'to' in reverse letter order is 'ot'.
'to' put after 'ot' is 'OTTO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for otto that I've seen before include "Ger. name (palindrome)" , "A man" , "Rose oil; man's name" , "Possibly a German" , "Palindromic fragrance" .)