Information on upcoming talks to come.
Panels: Pioneers of California Perfumery (moderated Yosh Han); Perfume as Art: Creativity, Culture and Phenomenon (moderated Antonia Kohl)
San Francisco, June 2026
Talk: Introducing the Cultures of Perfume
Athens, June 2026
A three-part lecture series demonstrating perfumery's impact on human creative expression.
- Scent in Culture: Seduction (02/14)
- Scent in Culture: Magic & the Supernatural (03/ 21)
- Scent in Culture: Power (04/04)
Los Angeles, Spring 2026
Panel: Fragrance Unfiltered: Industry Professionals on Creation, Trends & Community
New York, NY, December 2025
Talk: Perfume in 18th century France, and workshop
Middlebury, VT, December 2025
Curator's talk at Craft Contemporary, with Sarana Mehra, Se Young Au
Los Angeles, August 2025
Curator Talk and Walk-Through, Ether: Aromatic Mythologies
Los Angeles, June 2025
Reading for Witch Anthology, ed. Michelle Tea for Dopamine Press
Los Angeles, May 2025
Talk about contemporary scent practices, Brown University | Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, with Robyn Price.
Online, April 2025
Musk and Leather: Perfumery and creative cultural expression
Moscow & online, April 2025
'Sensory Mementos' at Austin Central Public Library, as part of NASA House.
Austin, March 2025
Talk: Scents of Power, in conjunction with the exhibition Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Los Angeles, September 2024
Talk: Sensing: John Waters, in conjunction with the exhibition, John Waters: Pope of Trash. With Maite Gomez-Rejon.
Los Angeles, July 2024
Talk: Scent + Power
Middletown CT., February 2024
Talk: Vocabularies, Systems, Hedonics: How to Talk About Smell, for Media Arts & Sciences Department, Arizona State University
Tempe AZ., January 2024
Ongoing lecture series with Atlas Obscura
+ Experimental Perfumery (3 part)
+ A Brief History of Perfume (3 part)
Online
Talk: Five Smells That Shaped Us
Washington DC, October 2023
Talk: The Limits of Power: Accessibility in Perfumery
Cambridge MA., October 2023
Talk: In Conversation: With Steven Gontarski
Los Angeles, May 2023
Talk: Utopia: Scent in Conceptions of Heaven
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Power Relations in the Field of Perfumery
Jefferson University
Philadelphia, US, October 2022
Talk: Overview of The Institute for Art and Olfaction
New York, US
Talk: Scent and Placemaking
Pasadena, US
Talk: Creating a Digital Archive of Scent Objects
Cambridge, US
Talk: Five Principles for Working With Scent
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk: Attainment, Consumption, Creation: Perceptions of Power in Perfumery
Munich, Germany
Talk: Scent in Livable Space
Online, Canada
Talk: Connected by Glass: Perfume in History
Corning, US
Ballen Scholar (2020-2021)
Visiting Lecturer (2017-2020)
BA New Media
Las Vegas, NM
Visiting Lecturer
MA Fashion
London, UK
Visiting Lecturer
BA, Design
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Recipient of the Scent Innovation Award
New York, US
Talk: Chemicals, Seduction, and God
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Scent as Creative Practice
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Scent as Creative Practice
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Scent in the Paintings of Etel Adnan
Aspen, US
Talk: The Language of Aroma
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Collaboration in Perfumery
New York, US
Lecture series: Thinking with Smell
London, UK
Talks: Scent in Design
Pasadena, US
Talk: Scent and Access
Maastricht, Netherlands
+ Open Sourcing Scent Culture (2018)
+ A Brief History Of Perfume (2017)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scent and the Concept of Open Source
London, UK
Panel Discussion
Shifting Olfactory Culture
Florence, Italy
Restoring Perfume’s Past and Future Models
Nice, France
Scent in the Shifting Natural World
San Francisco, US
Binding Emotion & Memory: Science, Story & Scent
Austin, US
Scent as Creative Practice
Los Angeles, US
Science and Culture of Scent
With Luca Turin
Waterloo, Canada
Odorama: Animal Smell
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk: Aromas of the Ancient World
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Open Source Methodologies for Perfume
Berlin, Germany
Talk: Aphrodisiacs in Ancient Greece and Rome
Malibu, US
Talk: Exploring Scent as a Story Telling Tool
Austin, US
Talk: Hypothetical Scents: UFO Abductions
with Joe Merrell
Los Angeles, US
Talk: Froth and Folly: Perfume from Louis XIV to Louis XVI
Los Angeles, US
Talk: The Scents of Byzantium
Malibu, US
Talk: Curation and Protest
Bogotá, Colombia
Historical Scents for Wellness - LuxePack, Los Angeles (2017)
20th Century Synthetics - Dapper Days, Disneyland Hotel, (2017)
Scent and Public Access - Women’s Center for Creative Work (2017)
Working with Scent in Creative Practice - Sci-Arc Kappe Library (2016)
Scent in Experimental Design - Pomona College (2016)
Scent/Art - Henry Gallery, Seattle (2015)
18th Century French Perfume and Culture - Wallace Collection UK (2014, 2015)
Scent and Persuasion: Shopping Smells - Santa Monica Department of Cultural Affairs (2014)
Liturgical Bliss: The Historical Scents of Worship - The Institute for Art and Olfaction (2014)
Scent as Experimental Art Practice - Fowler Museum (2014)
Scents of the Silk Road - Natural History Museum (2014)
Transmedia Arts Practices: Scent - Big City Forum, Otis College (2014)
Introduction to Olfactory Art - Natural History Museum (2013)
Industry Mentor - SxSW Film (2011)
New Models in Curation - Open Video Conference (2010)
Fundraising & Audience-Building for Filmmakers - ShowBiz Expo (2009)
Multi-Platform and Other Buzz Words - ITVFest (2009)
Fundraising and the Independent Filmmaker - Hollywood Black Film Festival (2009)
Changes in Creative Collaboration - DIY Days Philadelphia (2009)
Tipping Point: Social Change Through Film, Panel - GLAADʼs Queer Lounge at Sundance (2008)
New Distribution Strategies - Slamdance Film Festival (2008, 2009), Power to the Pixel (2008)
Content is King - DIY Days San Francisco (2008)
Leveraging User-Generated Content to Reach Youth - YPulse (2008)
New Distribution Models - American Cinematheque Short Film Seminar (2008)
Audience Taking Control - IFP & Indie GoGo at NYC Internet Week (2008)
Online Content and New Distribution - ConvergeSouth (2007)