Naoko Kusunoki (perfume), Elina Akselrud & Denis Zhdanov (piano)
An intimate concert experience where music and scent intertwine.
Featuring works by Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Takemitsu, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Messiaen, the program travels through shimmering water, birdsong, the presence of rain, profound stillness, prayer, and dreamlike worlds. Each composition opens a different landscape, inviting the audience to experience it through both sound and scent.
September 21, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
📍 KYOTO, JAPAN
The first half of the concert is devoted simply to listening.
During the Interlude, each guest chooses a single fragrance from a collection prepared for the evening. There is no right or wrong choice. It may be inspired by the music, an imagined landscape, a lingering memory, or simply the scent that resonates most in that moment. As these individual selections come together, they gradually give rise to a fragrance unique to that gathering.
The second half of the concert unfolds within this shared atmosphere, where music and scent continue to shape one another in real time.
At the end of the performance, the perfumer creates the scent of the day, using the audience's selections recorded as an Olfactory Score.
Each participant takes home two fragrances: the one they chose themselves, and the one born from the collective choices of everyone present.
One carries a personal memory. The other preserves the memory of a moment shared with others.
A concert performed only once. A fragrance that can never be created again.
Organized by Naoko Kusunoki & Arteprism Studios