Smell versus taste

I love the smell of marmite but not the taste and the smell of gin but couldn’t drink it.

I too love the smell of coffee brewing, but loathe the taste. ?

I like the taste of both of those things. The smell too!

Marydoll I am so pleased it's not just me

Fish and chips from a chip shop smell nicer than they taste imo.

I love the smell of strawberries, but not the taste...too tart for me.

I love the smell of coffee, too, but hate the taste I don't think there is anything I hate the smell of that I could eat. Why doesn't the opposite happen?

I think smells are very evocative. They bring back memories forgotten long ago.
Whereas taste is more confined to the present.
Hearing is more like smelling, recalling the past.

My daughter loves the smell of cooked cheese but cannot abide to eat cheese or even handle it.

The smell of Lamb cooking makes me feel sick and I can't eat it warm.
But I love cold lamb sandwiches!

I love cheese on pizza etc but don't like cold cheese. Strange isn't it.

I can't eat fish because it just smells too fishy.
My stomach starts getting ready to rebel against it before I've even taken a mouthful.

Bacon butties always smell better than they taste.

I lost my sense of smell 7 years ago so therefore my taste - coffee is one thing which has gradually come back and thankfully I still like the taste although it has to be strong. I miss all smells and especially those that evoke memories

I know someone who lost their sense of smell suddenly, and it really depressed them.
It seems its something we don't appreciate until its gone. (Typical humans, I suppose)