Perfume

Perfume

Author(s): Patrick Suskind

Location(s): Paris, The South of France (Le Midi)

Genre(s): Crime, Fiction

Era(s): Mid 1700s

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Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human’s. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill…

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Repulsion versus fascination. That sums up this book, from which the smells of 18th Century France, the odours, the fragrances all waft off the pages, the settings meander into one’s consciousness in glorious detail....

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Tricky subject matter but a gripping read

Where did Suskind get the idea. A stunning if somewhat squirmy read, so incredibly evocative of smelly Paris in the 18th Century, and the beautiful hot smells wafting off the Massif Central, thyme, wild rosemary, crackling heat. Loved the...