Acetic acid has a distinctive sour taste and pungent smell. Hydrochloric acid has a distinctive pungent smell. It is a liquid with a pungent and unpleasant smell somewhat resembling body odor. They have a pungent, bitter taste and smell. The fruits have a very pungent and distinct flavor and smell. Ammonia is a colourless gas with a characteristically pungent smell. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. It is a colourless alkaline gas with a characteristic pungent smell. It is very sweet, but becomes both spicy and pungent. It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It has a characteristic pungent, warm odor of oregano. Food is generally classified into six tastes&colon; sweet, sour, salt, bitter, pungent and astringent. This is a volatile compound with a pungent garlic-like smell. Myrcene is responsible for the pungent smell of fresh hops.