Époisses is my favorite “smelly” cheese. Smells like bum’s dirty socks. Put it on a slice of baguette, and you will forgive the smell. Favorite cheese of Napoleon Bonaparte, IIRC.
I've never really understood the concept that something can smell bad and taste good because so much of taste is smell. -- that's why when you have a cold, food tastes like nothing. Maybe people who like stinky cheese really like stinky smells.
To be fair, most cheeses smell like feet, and I have yet to taste one that tastes like feet. Smell is an important component of taste for sure, but it's not the end all be all.
