PEPPERMINT

People with anosmia can't taste flavors as others do. They can taste the standard tastebud tastes - salty, sweet, sour, bitter (and, I assume, umami). But, for example, if given the choice between vanilla creamer and hazelnut creamer (and why would anbody want that?) it doesn't matter, because they both taste the same - sweet.

On the other hand, many people with anosmia can taste peppermint.

I wonder whether it's similar to the blind man in England, who is neurologically blind, but with optic nerves intact, who somehow discerns human emotions when confonted with a human face expressing a very clear emotion such as laughter, anger, or fear?