OR6A2

It makes people hypersensitive to the soapy-smelling aldehyde chemicals, so this group of chemical compounds exists naturally in fresh cilantro leaves and in some commercial soaps.

People with this variant, OR6A2, they can pick up aromatic compounds as harsh, soapy, or metallic instead of fresh and- Citrusy, herby.

This has been reported in roughly 4 to 21% of global populations, depending on what study you're reading.

This aversion, it can vary across different ancestral and cultural groups, but you know, this is my sister, we're, we're quite closely related, and I taste just the lovely citrusy, herby wonderfulness in cilantro.

That's right.

Uh, the soap gene causes a variation in the OR6A2 gene on chromosome 11.

Of course it does.

And, uh, this affects certain people who happen to be very sensitive to seriocets, which are aromatic chemicals called aldehydes.

Wow.

And your, your scientific, uh, niece told me that it's a gene variation called OR6A2.

Wow.

And it's because there's a natural compound called aldehyde, which is in the cilantro, and chemical companies make soaps, lotions, and detergents out of aldehydes.