It Smells Like Joy

(but not to everybody)

There is a fruit in Malaysia so smelly it has been banned in certain public places.

Hotels have literal signs asking, politely but firmly, not to bring it inside.

We’d heard the legends …
People shared whispers of how pungent this fruit is …
Locals gave us warnings about it with a grin …

A Google search didn’t ease my concerns. Desciptions of the “duria…