Do I have no nose for nose?

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Hi Everyone--I've appreciated all of the help you've given me over the past week.

Tonight I did the "white wine" section of the Andrea Immer grape varietal comparison. In general, I agree with much of what she says and with what other sources I've looked at (WS, stratsplace.com, etc.) have to say about the wines I tasted, but I find it strange that I seem to have detected aromas and flavors that none of the more established sources mention.

Is this simply inevitable due to descriptive subjectivity? Or do I have no nose for nose?

Specifically, when I sniffed a fairly average wine--Lindemans Bin 65 2001 Chardonnay--I picked up hints of cloves, cardamom, and other exotic spices. But none of the sources even went in that direction! I do eat a lot of South Asian and Middle Eastern foods, so maybe I'm just more prone to think along those terms. But has anyone else had a similar experience of detecting something that, to others, wasn't even in the picture?