Originally Posted by PB53x11

Having never heard of durian, I did a search, first thing that popped up - it must be quite something:

"If you've smelled a durian even once, you probably remember it. Even with the husk intact, the notorious Asian fruit has such a potent stench that it's banned on the Singapore Rapid Mass Transit. Food writer Richard Sterling has written “its odor is best described as…turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock."

I'll have to try one some day - but not on a plane!