Polyjuice Potion Only *Tastes* Like Cabbage

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 42884

Erm, I hate to shoot a can(n)on through the <Arabella Figg is 
drinking Polyjuice Potion because her house smells of cabbage> 
theory, but my version of the books make no mention of Polyjuice 
Potion *smelling* like cabbage.

In the US paperback ed. of CoS, it reads "Pinching his nose, Harry 
drank the potion down in two large gulps.  It *tasted* like 
overcooked cabbage" (p. 216).

In the US paperback ed. of SS, it reads that Mrs. Figg's "whole house 
*smelled* of cabbage" (p. 22).

Now I know that taste and smell are highly correlated, but I think 
there's a strong case to be made that Polyjuice Potion does *not* 
smell like cabbage.  If Polyjuice smelled like cabbage, why would no 
one have noticed such a strong odor emanating from Myrtle's bathroom 
(especially since Filch was standing guard where Mrs. Norris was 
attacked, in the corridor right outside that bathroom)?  Moreover, 
Snape the Potions Master is always lurking, so why would he have not 
investigated a cabbage smell coming from the bathroom, especially 
since he knew that boomslang skin was stolen from his private stores 
and presumably would have linked boomslang skin and a cabbage smell 
with Polyjuice Potion?  In addition, Fake!Moody was brewing the stuff 
for 10 months, and Snape also noticed missing boomslang skin during 
that period - no one noticed a cabbage smell over the course of an 
entire school year?

Of course, I now know that Scholastic takes such liberties as 
changing words (such as "curse" to "murder"), so if someone has a UK 
version that says that Polyjuice Potion smells like cabbage, I'll 
send my can(n)on back to the armory.

Cheers,
Phyllis