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[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

It's seem to be the same as with cilantro a genetic trait that some people have and other don't

https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/61/2/85/1756864?login=false

Dunno if that a good source as everything i found about that exept for thos page talked about the tiktok post and not science

Tldr : ( i did not read the article in full ) the smell is described as a moldy pina colada

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd say it's more like a blend of vinegar and soap.

[–] Ravi@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You never stop learning something about yourself and why others couldn't comprehend what I tasted there.

Reference for coriander (cilantro)

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have an (untested) hypothesis that people who get the “soapy” taste of cilantro also smell stinkbugs. When I squish a stinkbug it reeks of cilantro’s “soapy” taste. I remember reading somewhere that they’re the same type of chemicals.

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 1 points 5 months ago

I love cilantro and don't smell any bug so maybe

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some as with truffles, and marihuana. I can't smell either.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't smell marijuana? What?

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've had people call it "strong" and even "overwhelming", while to me it smelled like some weak dead grass. People smoking it, I barely register, unless they mix it with tobacco. Even freshly cut, it just smelled like cut grass, nothing more. CBD oil smells like grass sap.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago