INTERNATIONALBESTSELLER-Setineighteenth-centuryFrance,theclassicnovelthatprovokesaterrifyingexaminationofwhathappenswhenoneman’sindulgenceinhisgreatestpassion--hissenseofsmell--leadstomurder.Intheslumsofeighteenth-centuryFrance,theinfantJean-BaptisteGrenouilleisbornwithonesublimegift--anabsolutesenseofsmell.Asaboy,helivestodeciphertheodorsofParis,andapprenticeshimselftoaprominentperfumerwhoteacheshimtheancientartofmixingpreciousoilsandherbs.ButGrenouille’sgeniusissuchthatheisnotsatisfiedtostopthere,andhebecomesobsessedwithcapturingthesmellsofobjectssuchasbrassdoorknobsandfresh-cutwood.Thenonedayhecatchesahintofascentthatwilldrivehimonanever-more-terrifyingquesttocreatethe“ultimateperfume“--thescentofabeautifulyoungvirgin.Toldwithdazzlingnarrativebrilliance,Perfumeisahauntinglypowerfultaleofmurderandsensualdepravity.TranslatedfromtheGermanbyJohnE.Woods.
