why we don’t have generic words to describe smells as opposed to colors or tastes, but can only compare the smell to something that smells the same?

Question

Like, we say that a lemon is “yellow” and “sour”, but it smells “like a lemon” (yes, you can say that it smells sour, but it’s just a copy of the taste word). Or hydrogen sulfide smells “like rotten eggs”.

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Answer 1

“Sharp” can be applied to any number of smells, from lemons to cheese to spices to certain flowers.