Unstinking durians

Recently, a researcher in Thailand announced that he has successfully produced a less smelly durian. It's almost unthinkable that anyone would want to eat a less smelly durian. I have (enthusiastically) test-tasted the durians many times over, and believe that the more "odorous" durians are more flavorful.

Do we ask an orange to have less pulp? Do we ask the dragon fruits to be less than themselves, less than the magenta colored skin, sweet white flesh, and hundreds of black seeds? What happens

The researcher also announced he is working on producing a thornless durian. What happens to the durian if it loses its smell? Without the smell and without the thorns, is the durian still a durian?

What happens when something so characteristic is changed, removed, manipulated in such a way that the thing is no longer recognizable? Can it still remain a durian? What happens to us if that were to happen? What if we were changed in such a way that we are no longer recognizable?