Summary[edit] Description: Online descriptions mention the unusual fragrance, one saying it smells like bile. I'm not sure i know what bile smells like but the flowers definitely have an odd niff. Very reminiscent of something but I can't think what, and not altogether pleasant. Date: 24 February 2015, 16:15. Source: Eurya japonica Moutiers. Author: peganum from Small Dole, England.