To me the taste is fine, but you can’t eat it without also smelling it so you’re eating tasty fruit while smelling rotting corpse. When I smell a rotting corpse I don’t want to eat fruit, or anything really.
For many (most ?) people who learn to like durian, a switch happens inside the brain, and the smell becomes appetizing. The first few times I encountered durian, I thought the smell was vile - but I’ve become a durian lover eventually, and they smell delicious to me now.
Funny enough I also like stinky cheeses, but still find them stinky (even though I like the taste) - for some reason it’s different with fruit.
To me the taste is fine, but you can’t eat it without also smelling it so you’re eating tasty fruit while smelling rotting corpse. When I smell a rotting corpse I don’t want to eat fruit, or anything really.
For many (most ?) people who learn to like durian, a switch happens inside the brain, and the smell becomes appetizing. The first few times I encountered durian, I thought the smell was vile - but I’ve become a durian lover eventually, and they smell delicious to me now.
Funny enough I also like stinky cheeses, but still find them stinky (even though I like the taste) - for some reason it’s different with fruit.
I love stinky cheese and I love the smell. I also love every fruit I’ve ever tasted, but the smell of durian never changed for me.