Winners of The Sound of Perfume, a project to create piano interpretations of three Clive Christian perfumes (1872, X and No.1), have been announced. The overall winner and the audience choice for best interpretation of Clive Christian’s No. 1 perfume is Stay Gold, composed by Ikuyo Kobayashi and performed by Maria Marchant. The other winners are Erick Flores for The Last Rose of 1872 (1872) and Vlad Maistorovici for Transcent (X).
Visit www.thesoundofperfume.com to hear the pieces.
!['[W]hen a perfumer is given a brief, you're taking parts from different parts of your life and experiences, you're bringing such a personal POV to create an olfactive experience that can't be replicated by a computer that doesn't have those touchpoints,' says perfumer Nicole Mancini.](https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/img-7063.PH7aX8fPat.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=191&q=70&w=340)
