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Decoder of flavors and fragrances. Creator of Smell & Tell programming. Writer, public speaker, sensorialist. Art + Science is my oxygen. #TEDx. #WalkingSmellopedia

Latest Press

LSA Magazine (Spring 2024)
Can We Really Teach Machines to Smell?

Dr. Ambuj Tewari and Michelle Krell Kydd collaborate on a project at the intersection of sensory evaluation, machine learning and machine olfaction at the University of Michigan.

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Copyright Statement

© 2007-2025 Michelle Krell Kydd/Glass Petal Smoke. All rights reserved. Content curation of any material on Glass Petal Smoke is strictly prohibited.

130+ Public Speaking Engagements and Counting

Michelle Krell Kydd lectures on the sense of taste and smell regularly. She developed Smell and Tell (2012) and Taste and Tell (2019) programing for the Ann Arbor District Library, which are ongoing.

Michelle also conducts Smell and Tell lectures at the University of Michigan and in the private sector.

Michelle Krell Kydd is a New York City native who moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in October 2011. She's given 130+ lectures to date.

Smell & Tell at AADL

Smell & Tell at AADL
The Smell & Tell series began at the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) in 2012, and continues to change the way people think and interact with the sense of smell. Smell and Tell's unique art + sci programming takes place monthly at the Ann Arbor District Library. Taste & Tell is a new branch on the Smell & Tell programming tree that's focused on food and drink. It was launched in June 2019.

Event Schedule

Ann Arbor District Library
343 S. Fifth Avenue, 4th Fl.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-327-4200
www.aadl.org
Events are designed and delivered by Michelle Krell Kydd. Programs take place at AADL downtown unless otherwise indicated.

Press

Want to know what makes Smell & Tell events so popular? See what the media has to say about it.

Pulp
Before And After Scents: Smell & Tell Explores The Fragrant World Of Brian Eno

Pulp
Sweet Smell Of Success: Michelle Krell Kydd's Smell & Tell Celebrates 6 Years With A Field Trip

All About Ann Arbor | Click On Detroit WDIV Local 4
A Conversation With The Nose of Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor Observer
Smell & Tell with Michelle Krell Kydd: Olfactory Humanitarian

Live in the D on WDIV News 4
Smell & Tell in Ann Arbor
and How to Buy Perfume

All About Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Professors & Scent Expert Lead Interactive Virtual Workshops During Pandemic

Michigan Today: Listen in Michigan
Episode 46: Scents and Sensibilities featuring Michelle Krell Kydd (with podcast)

LSA Magazine (Spring 2024)
Can We Really Teach Machines to Smell?

Radio Interviews

WQKL-FM 107.1 radio host Martin Bandyke interviews Michelle Krell Kydd about the sense of smell on the fifth anniversary of the Smell and Tell series at the Ann Arbor District Library. You can listen to it here. (January 25, 2017)

Three interviews in 30 days with Michelle Krell Kydd on NPR affiliate stations;
because the sense of smell matters.

WUOM: How Our Sense of Smell is Central to Who We Are (June 24, 2016)

WEMU: The Origin and History of Controversial Patchouli Aroma (June 21, 2016))

WKAR: The Nose of Ann Arbor and Her Discriminating Sniffer (May 24, 2016)

The Evangelist of Aroma

eCurrent interviews Michelle Krell Kydd, creator of the Smell and Tell series of lectures in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

TEDx Talk by Michelle Krell Kydd

TEDx Talk by Michelle Krell Kydd
"Secrets from a Trained Nose," is a TEDx UofM talk given by Michelle Krell Kydd on March 20, 2015 at The Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Click on the image above to view the video, which is featured on YouTube.

COMMUNICATOR EXPLORES SENSE OF SMELL, PROMOTES INTERDISCIPLINARITY

The University Record (a publication of The University of Michigan)

Lights, Camera, Action

This video is an outtake from an event at The University of Michigan. It was shot during last year's Polar Vortex. If you ever wondered about how all things "Glass Petal Smoke" got started, you'll find out here.

Google Website Translator Gadget

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading
Michelle Krell Kydd is interviewed on the subject of the sense of smell and its relationship to joy and wonder. Click on the book for more information.

The Sense of Smell: Using it or Losing it (Podcast)

  • The Sense of Smell: Using it or Losing It, WVOX Podcast

Cyber Anthropology: Why Blogs Matter

  • GCI Magazine

Exposing the Perfumer: Interview with Michelle Krell Kydd

  • Perfumer & Flavorist

Stop and Smell Your Dinner, May 2006 Edition of Food Arts

  • Food Arts

Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage

Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage
Glass Petal Smoke Wins Second and Third Place in the 2009 Fragrance Foundation FiFi Awards Finalist Competition for "Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage".

The Author and The Site

My photo
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Glass Petal Smoke was created out of a personal passion for things olfactive and gustatory. The back story regarding a raw material or finished product is often rich with history, myth and folklore. When all of these aspects are brought together, they tell a story of our common humanity, as expressed through the senses. Because Glass Petal Smoke is a blog, an element of cyber anthropology infuses the space in which it exists. Culture is about human nature and people who love food and fragrance are acutely aware of the connection between the senses and memory. Glass Petal Smoke appeals to readers who possess such awareness and those who aspire to it. I hope you find inspiration, joy and wonder in the pages of Glass Petal Smoke and share whatever happiness it brings you with others.
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Links: Smell, Taste and Learn

  • Bo Jensen's Website (Smell)
  • Curious Cook by Harold McGee
  • Enfleurage
  • Flavor Wheels (via Google Images)
  • Food Timeline: Food History
  • Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
  • Neuroscience for Kids
  • Nose Prose
  • Now Smell This
  • Odeuropa
  • Osmotheque
  • Periodic Table: Visual Elements, Royal Chemistry Society
  • Science of Seasoning: Your Sense of Smell
  • Smell Disorders: NIH
  • Smelly Blog
  • The Gottfried Laboratory
  • Umami Information Center
  • Vosshall Lab
  • Wine Flavor Visualization
 

Dedication * Copyright

In memory of Chris Whitley, Karin Berg, Pablo Neruda and all who traverse the earth in their absence, souls who know that the space between the seen and the unseen is the most interesting place to be...

© 2007-2025 Michelle Krell Kydd/Glass Petal Smoke. All rights reserved.
Duplication and/or repurposing of any material on Glass Petal Smoke is strictly prohibited.