I came in to say the same: Herbal Teas. You smell them and it’s like, “Wow, a candy store!” and then you have a sip and it’s just plain old tea.
Those peanuts that the vendors sell in New York City. I hate peanuts but love smelling them.
Regular coffee smells fine and doesn’t taste good to me at all. Hazelnut, on the other hand, has a stomach turning smell, so I’ve never been inclined to try it at all.
Popcorn does not taste as good as it smells.
Heck, NOTHING tastes as good as freshly popped popcorn smells.
If you ever see the guy walking leisurely back and forth in the coffee aisle and sniffing . . . that would be me.
Sesame Seed oil.
Seriously, chinese food is such a tease.
I enjoyed this answer.
Coffee and Pipe tobacco are both on my list.
Ivory Soap - also spoken from childhood experience!
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Well, I like coffee, but my mother did not. However, about once or twice a year, she would taste some to make sure it really didn’t taste good!
I feel pretty much that very same way about Scotch whiskey, which my hubby loves, and I just sniff.
I tell people that coffee looks nice, coffee smells nice, coffee feels nice and warm, and it has a good effect on your body. But it tastes like shit.
Flashback to “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
Popcorn
I like coffee, but then I tart it up with cream and sweetener.
For me, that would be ham. It smells good when it’s cooking, but I really don’t like the taste. In fact, thinking about it now makes me shudder. Fortunately, there will be enough food at Christmas that I can eat vegetarian.
Robin
A freshly mimeographed high school math test from the 1970’s.
I gotta agree with gasoline.
Hoppe’s oil. Marvelous aroma, horrible flavor.
I’ll join in with those who said popcorn. From the smell you’d expect some kind of rich, fresh bread like flavor, but instead it’s just a “crunch, hmm…bland” experience.
Not to hijack but I saw Playdough perfume somewhere recently. Yuck!
I love the smell of a nice red wine, but can’t stand to drink it. I realize I’m in the minority on this one.