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Author: Patrick Suskind
Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Description: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born in eighteenth-century France with two unusual traits. First, he has no scent (this leads all of his foster mothers to reject him); second, he has the best sense of smell in history. He can smell anything , anyone; he remembers every smell; he desires to create new scents and perfumes and learns everything he can about them. Unfortunately, this, combined with his lack of human emotions, lea ...more
Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Description: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born in eighteenth-century France with two unusual traits. First, he has no scent (this leads all of his foster mothers to reject him); second, he has the best sense of smell in history. He can smell anything , anyone; he remembers every smell; he desires to create new scents and perfumes and learns everything he can about them. Unfortunately, this, combined with his lack of human emotions, lea ...more
Jan 25, 2009
Emma
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A weird and perverted story, ending in an entirely weird and perverted climax.
This book was so creepy and at the same time thought-provoking. I loved the idea of a whole world of scents (and pheromones) that we are immersed in yet don't notice, and that these signals trigger a whole realm of behaviors that we don't understand. It took a simple idea that is based in fact (that pheromones can prompt behavior) and took it up to a whole other level. Besides that intellectually interesting component of the story, there is the magical realism of the main character Grenouille, a
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Perfume is the dark and haunting story of an 18th century French perfumer/murderer. The unforgettable villian, Grenouille, is completely motivated and controlled by the world of scents. A unique read that is definitely not a feel-good book but it led to an interesting book club disccusion.
This was an airport read when I traveled home for Christmas. It was gripping and dark and I found myself horrified in the same way Frankenstein moved me. I can't wait to see what the film is like.
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Apr 29, 2010
Rachel
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