Taste a Smell Test:
What You'll Need
![jellybeans](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/materials-what-you-ll-need/2910951-1-eng-US/materials-what-you-ll-need_full_495.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/materials-what-you-ll-need/2910951-1-eng-US/materials-what-you-ll-need_full_990.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/materials-what-you-ll-need/2910951-1-eng-US/materials-what-you-ll-need_full_1468.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/materials-what-you-ll-need/2910951-1-eng-US/materials-what-you-ll-need_full_1980.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/materials-what-you-ll-need/2910951-1-eng-US/materials-what-you-ll-need_full_2475.gif 295w)
• different flavors of jellybeans
What to Do
![1](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean01/2910903-1-eng-US/bean01_full_495.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean01/2910903-1-eng-US/bean01_full_990.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean01/2910903-1-eng-US/bean01_full_1468.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean01/2910903-1-eng-US/bean01_full_1980.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean01/2910903-1-eng-US/bean01_full_2475.gif 88w)
Hold your nose so that you can't smell the jellybeans.
![holding nose closed](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step01picture/2910963-1-eng-US/step01picture_full_495.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step01picture/2910963-1-eng-US/step01picture_full_990.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step01picture/2910963-1-eng-US/step01picture_full_1468.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step01picture/2910963-1-eng-US/step01picture_full_1980.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step01picture/2910963-1-eng-US/step01picture_full_2475.gif 295w)
![2](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean02/2910915-1-eng-US/bean02_full_495.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean02/2910915-1-eng-US/bean02_full_990.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean02/2910915-1-eng-US/bean02_full_1468.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean02/2910915-1-eng-US/bean02_full_1980.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean02/2910915-1-eng-US/bean02_full_2475.gif 88w)
Pick a color and place a jellybean in your mouth. Start chewing. What does it taste like?
![holding nose closed while tasting jellybean](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step02picture/2910975-1-eng-US/step02picture_full_495.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step02picture/2910975-1-eng-US/step02picture_full_990.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step02picture/2910975-1-eng-US/step02picture_full_1468.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step02picture/2910975-1-eng-US/step02picture_full_1980.gif 295w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step02picture/2910975-1-eng-US/step02picture_full_2475.gif 295w)
![3](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean03/2910927-1-eng-US/bean03_full_495.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean03/2910927-1-eng-US/bean03_full_990.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean03/2910927-1-eng-US/bean03_full_1468.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean03/2910927-1-eng-US/bean03_full_1980.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean03/2910927-1-eng-US/bean03_full_2475.gif 88w)
Release your nose and breathe normally.
![4](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean04/2910939-1-eng-US/bean04_full_495.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean04/2910939-1-eng-US/bean04_full_990.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean04/2910939-1-eng-US/bean04_full_1468.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean04/2910939-1-eng-US/bean04_full_1980.gif 88w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/bean04/2910939-1-eng-US/bean04_full_2475.gif 88w)
Take another jellybean of the same color. Start chewing.
What does it taste like? Is the flavor more intense than before?
![tasting jellybean without holding nose closed and chewing](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step04apicture/2910987-2-eng-US/step04apicture_full_495.gif 487w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step04apicture/2910987-2-eng-US/step04apicture_full_990.gif 487w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step04apicture/2910987-2-eng-US/step04apicture_full_1468.gif 487w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step04apicture/2910987-2-eng-US/step04apicture_full_1980.gif 487w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/brain/taste-a-smell-test/step04apicture/2910987-2-eng-US/step04apicture_full_2475.gif 487w)