Does your star sign affect your taste buds?

Approach to tasting:

Foods, flavours and tastes:

Fundamental and secondary aromas:

Aries

impatient, inquisitive, responds to intense flavours, yet capable of noting great subtlety

hot such as chillies or horseradish, radish, sharp, such as onions, astringent, pungent, strong odours

Rosemary,  black pepper, ginger

Taurus

Flavourful, sensuous, luxury loving

sweet to very sweet, Almonds (esp. sugar-coated!), chocolate, subtle aromatic spices, warm and rich food, roast, potatoes and gravies

Rose: sorrel, geranium, vanilla, sandalwood, ylang ylang

Gemini

inquisitive, restless

sharp and snappy, mildly astringent, cold (icy drinks from iced tea to margaritas), mildly astringent, finger foods and portable foods such as sushi

Basil: lavender, thyme, peppermint

Cancer

Proustian, reflective, intuitive

Watery: melons, watercress, seaweed, mushrooms, Milky such as Ice cream, rice pudding, odourless, insipid

Bergamot, blue camomile, citrusy ones such as lemon & orange

Leo

responds to glamour, style and luxury

pungent rich & strong but balanced, rich curry with saffron rice; sweet, cinnamon buns 

Jasmine: sage, saffron, benzoin, myrrh, frankincense

Virgo

tastefulness & quality important, dislike excess

adores simple foods, salads, uncomplicated meat dishes (though many are vegetarian) cold, mildly astringent

Lavender: parsley, caraway, fennel, peppermint

Libra

balance vital, sensual, explore slowly and thoughtfully

subtle, classical dishes from any cuisine, dislikes overly strong flavours, warm, sweet, gently perfumed food

Geranium or palmarosa: marjoram, angelica, cardamom, cinnamon, almond

Scorpio

intensively inquisitive yet dislike being seen as short of facts, creatures of habit, so hesitant about the unfamiliar

intense, bitter or extreme flavours, loves things others won't eat or foods with peculiar fragrances

Patchouli: anise, rosemary, pine, ginger, black pepper, turmeric

Sagittarius

restless, respond enthusiastically to the unfamiliar

fragrant, exotic foreign foods, mixtures of flavours (biryani), also sugar, loves sweet things especially with spices, dried fruit and nuts

Black pepper: dandelion, oregano, sage, rosewood, ginger, pine

Capricorn

cannily observant, excellent sensual memory, status and label conscious 

cold, sour, astringent, bitter; dusky flavours (foods that grow underground, potatoes, parsnips), dried meats; solid, stodgy foods, meatloaf with potatoes

Vetivert: birch, eucalyptus, burdock, cedarwood, rue

Aquarius

inquisitive but unadventuresome, will explore until the find something they like, then stick with it

uncommon combinations or foods unusual for the region they're in, flavours are brackish, astringent

Neroli: dill, lemongrass, vetivert, cypress

Pisces

extremely perceptive, very sensitive - if not adverse to - strong flavours

alcohol in general, fish (!),  subtlety, watery foods, fruit and veg, imaginative presentation as important as flavour

Melissa: rosemary, kelp, coriander, cress, geranium, birch, celery