Enantiomers may have very different tastes or smells.

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Enantiomers are mirror images of each other and have the same physical and chemical properties, except for how they interact with plane-polarized light or other chiral molecules. However, enantiomers may have very different tastes or smells due to their interaction with the chiral receptors in our nose or taste buds. For example, the enantiomers of carvone have different smells: (+)-carvone smells like spearmint, while (-)-carvone smells like caraway.

Enantiomers May Have Very Different Tastes or Smells