I have never tasted a durian. However a colleague just returned from a trip to Asia, Malaysia IIRC. He brought back a box of durian cookies and offered them around the office. I held off a couple days and took a bite this morning. I told him if I sprinkled sugar on a cat's behind and took a lick, it might taste like that cookie. He said durian itself tastes like a cat's behind without the sugar. I cannot rid my palate of the flavor.