Why these flowers smell like death

In Spring, the Common Hawthorn tree produces innocent-looking edible flowers. But they smell (and taste) like fish that’s gone off. Join me as I dive into the weird and wonderful chemistry behind the stink.
References for the curious:
1. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2023.1275244/full
2. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/f38-008
3. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3342754/
4. https://www.nature.com/articles/296143a0
5. https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.14461
6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935124023119
7. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.683331/full
8. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359644620302543
9. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22356-trimethylaminuria-fish-odor-syndrome
10. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/gmic.26749
11. https://patents.google.com/patent/US10238695B2/zh
12. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-022-00673-z

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