![]() ![]() A remarkable debut.' - Peter Ackroyd, 'The New York Times Book Review' ' Beautifully researched. Su skind himself is a perfumer of language. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Perfume The Story of Murderer by Patrick Suskind (1986, Hardcover) MAILS FAST. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"-the scent of a beautiful young virgin. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. ![]() In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. This quest leads him to murder over 20 virgin girls to 'harvest' their scents for the purpose of creating. The main character, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, has an acute sense of smell that he plans to exploit in order to achieve power over humanity. ![]() ![]() An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. In Perfume: The Story of a Murderer perfume and scent are central to the plot. ![]()
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