Find out why your genes (and upbringing) decide your taste buds' destiny – and how preferences can change over time.

It is a herb added to cooked ... these say coriander tastes like soap. According to the SciShow video, around 11 per cent of those without any copies of the gene also taste coriander in this ...

Cilantro, also known as a coriander and Chinese parsley, is an herb that ... have a gene that causes them to strongly pick up on cilantro’s aroma, which they say smells like soap.

This comment seems fitting if you have the gene as a lot of curries contain coriander. Another person said: "I went 24 years without tasting it [because] my parents also think it tastes like soap ...

There's no question that cilantro is a polarizing herb. Some of us heap it onto salsas and soups with gusto while others avoid cilantro because it smells like soap and tastes like crushed bugs.

They’re both green herbs, they have kind of a dead taste to ... “It can still remind me of soap, but it’s not threatening anymore, so that association fades into the background, and I ...