Orchids with a strong scent

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I personally don't have such an adverse reaction to cilantro, but if someone describes it as soapy, I could see a component of the taste that I experience that could be within some distance of a soapy taste. The fact that I experience cilantro differently would not invalidate any list of what herbs taste like, as reference for any chefs or foodies. Someone describing cilantro as soapy would net a non-negative contribution toward its taste for anyone else, whether they've experienced cilantro or not. I think we all understand the taste better once we piece together several descriptions of the same thing. The distance between these descriptions are never so large that they become entropy or noise.