Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

A dense and sensual exploration of human nature.  Wish fulfillment. A super-antihero novel.Our antihero smells everything it is possible to smell, was born to make perfume, and defines his own morality in the manner of a classical Übermensch. His journey through the underbelly of French society was poignant, and very aromatic. The language was frilly […]