Well, then it wasn’t french cheese but probably Gouda cheese, or Edam cheese, which are both cheeses from the Netherlands.
It was on an Air France flight to Paris back in 2000. It was served with the meal, and I had never eaten that kind of cheese before, whatever it was. I just unwrapped it from the foil and ate it. I thought it was terrible, until I saw the other passengers peeling it off....................