I didn't see what sub this was and thought I was stepping into a deep metaphysical discussion. Oh well.

Tastes like the smell of fermentation, yeasty

Haven't tasted it alone. But, I think it smells like a Chinese restaurants kitchen.

In my experience with it, it changes based on what you pair it with. Solo- I get a flat beer, maybe like beer battered smell? But in mixes it can translate to a fried, sweet, waxy flavor. It's a weird concentrate, man. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it

Stale beer. It stinks, too.

I believe it's suppose to be like a croissant, that's what it smells like to me at least.

Shit....some say it's supposed to be cotton candy or funnel cake

At 2% and 2.5% it has a slightly sweet taste to it, very mild. I can see how some people might call it a funnel cake taste (not a very good funnel cake mind you) but as with most of HICs flavor notes if you believe that, you'll be sorely disappointed. At 3% it's still sweet, but gains an unpleasant aftertaste that is almost as bad as it smells. I have tried a few recipes that use it, /u/enyawreklaw used to say it was necessary for bronuts but it's absolutely not. You will not notice it at all, if you want that tiny smidge of sweetness it adds use FA Meringue at about 1/4 of what the recipe calls for joy. It has the yeasty smell so people think it helps add a breadyness but unfortunately it just doesn't. Use it if you have it but don't go out of your way for it.

It's not really a flavor that is easily described. I get a yeasty tinged sweetness, with a hint of oiliness. No cotton candy or funnel cake comes through for me, but the aspects of a fried dough is certainly there. Joy seems to be a bit of a chameleon depending on the flavors it supports.

To me, Joy meant only sorrow...

I'm experimenting with adding it to some of my bakery recipes to see what changes. Waiting is killing me.

it tastes like the most overrated flavor to date.

Soapy, chemically and perfumey... but after I vape it my hands are incredibly soft

Maybe people pick up tiny nuances in the flavor just a little differently, based on the variety of answers given. I seem to get powdered sugar tasting from it, with a slight fried taste. I like it at 2 drops in 30 ml, in my jelly donut recipe. Tried it in a strawberry cotton candy an it was totally wrong. Too sweet and just turned out weird, which was a suggestion given by HIC.

I swear I taste menthol in it.

Go to a fair or carnival. Order a funnel cake with nothing on it. Nothing at all, no powdered sugar, nothing.

Ask for them to make it extra crispy (not burned), or just break off the crispy tips until you have a small mouthful.

Now put that in your mouth, but don't chew.

Lightly suck on it a little bit (giggity) until you get that semi sweetish oily taste, then spit it out.

That taste that's left in your mouth is what Joy tastes like.

You can find this same taste in lots of things that are fried, like some donuts (they're kinda fried). I get maple bars from a local donut shop that are filled with it when they're fresh and warm (and so greasy that they'll turn a white paper bag transparent if you set one on it).

It's useful for imparting that exact flavor to a recipe, but not really necessary for anything unless you're making a funnel cake juice.

Close your eyes and imagine the Fairground.....Popcorn, Candyfloss, Toffee Apple, even Doughnut! This is a complex flavour from the e-motions range and should be used sparingly, start at 3% flavouring.

Or so they say

Did you ever eat play doh as a kid? Thats what it tastes like.

Dirt that's been fucked by a hobo.

Tastes like a flavor you want to use sparingly and only in things that need a drop or two of it. Like acetyl.

Can we all agree it tastes like grandma's vaginal spunk?