Heh, not to totally derail the thread, but it has a sort of sweet smell to it (which is why it's especially dangerous to leave around kids and pets). Some people have said it smells more like maple syrup, but personally, I think it smells like butterscotch.
It's just that Forkroot tastes like mint. I don't think there's anything intrinsically bad about mint flavoring in general. Sort of how like antifreeze smells like butterscotch in our world?