Is this close?
“Durian is a strange combination of savory, sweet, and creamy all at once. A durian is supposed to have subtle hints of chives mixed with powdered sugar. It’s supposed to taste like diced garlic and caramel poured into whipped cream. So relax and let the cacophony of flavors blow you away”
https://migrationology.com/how-to-love-durian-fruit/#:~:text=Durian%20is%20a%20strange%20combination,of%20flavors%20blow%20you%20away.
“It’s supposed to taste like diced garlic and caramel poured into whipped cream.”
Yeah that description doesn’t exactly entice me.
Like any fruit there are variations and Ive never lived anywhere that I could get them fresh off of the tree so I see that some might get that and of course our sense varies from one person to the next. That’s generally probably a more enticing description than “slightly spoiled overly sautéed sweet onions in cheese pastry filling.”
“It’s supposed to taste like diced garlic and caramel poured into whipped cream.”
I’ve been cooking since I was 12 years old and got serious about it 25 years ago. In all that time that is the first I’ve ever heard or read about that flavor combination. It is so bizarre as to be intriguing.