I have found good olive oil to be exactly as TA says, nice but can be a bit overpowering for some things, although I think that also depends on the blend from what I have read somewhere in the dim and distant past.

As for blokes typically missing the details, you ain't met my hubby. His attention to detail is maddening sometimes as he hardly misses a thing.

But coconut oil is so much more expensive, so I will stick to olive oil for now, I think.

Personally I love the way it tastes. I often store olives in the oil to make the taste stronger….I have done that for years as when I was younger the oil was not very good quality unless you bought it back from a trip abroad.  I wash the brine off the tinned or bottled olives, dry them & cover with olive oil & herbs. That way you get very flavoursome oil for marinading & for dipping bread in as well as more interesting olives. Keep in a cool dark place & don't put pieces of garlic in. 

I love them as a snack or in a salad but I dislike them cooked in a stew etc, they seem too bitter & acrid to me. They are lovely, along with the oil eaten with my own homemade bread so I have been eating rather a lot of them lately……Mmmmm !! Heaven help my waistline……WHAT WAISTLINE !!!!