I don’t even know how to describe the smell other than sweet. Many others have stated they smell roasted bananas. I guess that would be the closest thing I could compare it too as well. No alcohol detected. As for the taste again I don’t even know what to compare this to. It is super sweet almost makes your teeth hurt it’s so sweet. Loads of vanilla and butterscotch. But not a bad “rum” (if you can call it that). It’s too sweet for me as a sipper but makes one hell of a rum and coke.