The floral, intensely perfumed grape "tasted fake, like the grape soda you drank as a kid," he said, adding, "I always thought it was silly, making a flavor taste so artificial, until I ate a Concord grape and realized, Wow! That's how it tastes".
It fills the glass with perfume, tastes nearly sweet and is refreshingly zippy.
Marcus Samuelsson, the chef at Aquavit, says, "You have to be good when using mint because if you overdo it, it's going to taste too perfumed".
It tastes like perfumed machine oil, and perhaps it is.
★ Sebahat Rose Turkish Delight 500g, £5.50, souschef.co.uk Tastes quite perfumed, but I like that and the texture is good.
SoHo cappuccino is flavored with hazelnuts, and Amaretto Amoré, the Brooklyn flavor, pays homage to Bay Ridge and is perfumed with Italian after-dinner tastes.
"He can smell perfume and taste wine again, but only when he's committed to doing something crazy".
He makes a gallery of ersatz capers by pickling, for example, the buds of ramson flowers, which have a potently garlicky perfume and taste.
"You cannot wear perfume and taste bourbon, I'm sorry, you have to start neutral," she said.
Truffle connoisseur and French chef, known simply as Bruno, explains that the Chinese truffle is worthless, due to its lack of perfume and taste.
