Doug, I must line in with you on this against others.
I did try Durian in both Singapore (two varieties), Vietnam and Thailand. I NEVER ever liked it. My husband from New Guinea (I'm European) however loved it at first bite and bought one more fruit. I was shocked and asked "Don't you find this fruit disgusting like I do?!?"
He said "Oh no, it is just so delicious!"
I sat there watching him eating 6 segments of Durian in Singapore while I could barely eat one single segment.
So I think it is a pretty controversial fruit, where some love it and others dislike it, like mature cheese. I don't like mature cheese at all.
But I got curious on Durio kutejensis, having "bubbelgum flavour and no odour", so I did try to obtain seeds of it recently that didn't make it unfortunately.
The point is - I don't understand the hype of Durians from my tastebuds' perspective
But I still keep trying every time I see Durian to see if I can be saved too *LOL*