The cherry thing makes sense. Since almonds and cherries are both drupes they share commonalities. If you were to process a cherry put and make and oil out of it, it would smell almondy.
That is probably why our brain associates cella with cherries.
My sister was smelling my Cella the other day and said it smells like Coke (the Cola, not the drug). It had never occurred to me but I sniffed it and smelled a faint hint of a cola smell. Are we just crazy or do other people smell Coke in their Cella also?