I read this book when I was 14. And now "Perfume" is everything for me.
I love the plot, genre, historical background and almost every piece of
this novel. Book about serial-killer and without blood.
In the
slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he
lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a
prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious
oils and herbs. But Grenouille’s genius is such that he is not satisfied
to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of
objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he
catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying
quest to create the “ultimate perfume”—the scent of a beautiful young
virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly
powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. If you're not into
reading, you can always watch film.