14 Fruits And Vegetables You Should Smell Before You Buy Story by Jay Wilson • 8mo T he old adage goes that "we eat with our eyes ... This is arguably even more important with fruits and vegetables.

Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant. In fact, durian is banned in several airports ...

Some describe its scent as a nauseating mix of overripe fruit and decaying animal carcasses, while others may say it smells like a forgotten trash bin on a hot summer day. Most commonly ...