The French secret for brie - leave it out before you eat it. I'm talking like a day or two. It's bland otherwise but takes on a camembert quality as it rapidly ages
I ONE TIME bought a Camembert with the plan to bake it. I very seriously thought that something was rotting in my kitchen and actually cleaned out the fridge. When I discovered that it was the cheese, I put the whole thing into a sealed container and the kitchen STILL smelled rotten.
Don't get me wrong, that baked Camembert was amazing. But not worth the smell lol.