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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Reader Score
85%
85% of readers
recommend this book
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift--an absolute sense of smell. 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. 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. 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. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.
Translated from the German by John E. Woods.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Feb 13rd, 2001
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.09in - 5.15in - 0.79in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9780375725845
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Historical• Classics• Horror - General
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Paris correspondent for National Public Radio. My take on France.
Finally visited Grasse! Have wanted to go for a while, especially after reading Patrick Suskind’s astonishing and creepy book, “Perfume” set in 18th century Paris and Grasse. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1039336681/grasse-perfume-france
Science journalist • 2016 @KSJatMIT/@Harvard fellow • 📖 #Odorama Historia cultural del olor (Odorama: Cultural History of Smell) • 🇦🇷
Ya está para ver en #Netflix la película alemana "El Perfumista" (Der Parfumeur), inspirada -otra más- en el bestseller "El perfume" de Patrick Suskind. https://t.co/pYoQbcGL4s https://t.co/39PfiNmnLX
Tobias Carroll is a novelist and essayist.
@runwithskizzers I feel like this same misunderstanding also applies to the "a character doing a bad thing does not mean the author endorses it" debate. I will happily read and enjoy Patrick Suskind's PERFUME; I have no interest in chatting with its protagonist.
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What people are saying
Paris correspondent for National Public Radio. My take on France.
Finally visited Grasse! Have wanted to go for a while, especially after reading Patrick Suskind’s astonishing and creepy book, “Perfume” set in 18th century Paris and Grasse. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1039336681/grasse-perfume-france
Science journalist • 2016 @KSJatMIT/@Harvard fellow • 📖 #Odorama Historia cultural del olor (Odorama: Cultural History of Smell) • 🇦🇷
Ya está para ver en #Netflix la película alemana "El Perfumista" (Der Parfumeur), inspirada -otra más- en el bestseller "El perfume" de Patrick Suskind. https://t.co/pYoQbcGL4s https://t.co/39PfiNmnLX