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A movie was made based on this book.
From IMDb:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
So what?? NEXT please!! ...more
From IMDb:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
So what?? NEXT please!! ...more
Perfume by Patrick Suskind is one of the most unique books I have read and I think it is because he used the sense of smell rather than vision to tell his story. All the best books evoke my senses. I can see the countryside described so vividly by Hardy, and feel the damp fog on the moors in Daphne duMaurier's books. Sometimes I hear a shriek or cry of humans or animals, much like the wolves in Call of the Wild. I can taste the sweet treats baked up on the Joanne Fluke cozy mysteries and feel th
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Hey, who doesn't love perfume?
I will return with a proper review after the book club meeting.
Proper review - well, kinda, proper review in the way I write proper reviews. Anyway. I really enjoyed this book. For a book that is so heavy on descriptions and changing the setting and less on the plot or the murders, it really captivated me. The writing was really good and it was flowing!! Not only were the descriptions flowy, but they built such vivid images in my head (and sometimes in my nose, thos ...more
I will return with a proper review after the book club meeting.
Proper review - well, kinda, proper review in the way I write proper reviews. Anyway. I really enjoyed this book. For a book that is so heavy on descriptions and changing the setting and less on the plot or the murders, it really captivated me. The writing was really good and it was flowing!! Not only were the descriptions flowy, but they built such vivid images in my head (and sometimes in my nose, thos ...more
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