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Pungent feels similar to me. I've never heard of something having a pungent taste.

Blue cheese.

malodorous, noxious, reeking, stenchy, noisome, pungent.

In my mind, these correspond with a sign (good/bad) and magnitude, but leave out the direction of the vector. For example, we frequently say that "my dog came home reeking OF [skunk, deer poop, ...]". So "reeking" is communicating high intensity of something unpleasant, and we leave it to the "of" to specify what that strong unpleasant smell is.

How could I have forgotten "redolent". Though I think that usually requires a complement via "of"; "redolent of <something>".

Also noisome

> For that matter, something can taste fragrant (eg rose lemonade).

Or any whisky younger than 12 years whose name starts with "Glen".