I love fried chicken but always feel a bit disappointed when i stop smelling and start eating, particularly when it’s overcooked. Same goes for pretty much anything fried or anything meat; it all smells uniformly good but can range in taste from orgasmic to inedible.

Another reverse example, but i think you’d never know the virtues of many soft cheeses by smell alone. Gorgonzola, my favorite, smells precisely like three days of dank feet.