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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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  • Author：Patrick Süskind
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Summary

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 frest-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 brillance， Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity。

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Mikael Bianchi ，

Ce livre sent

Mimiyuh ，

This is a very well written book that pulls its readers right into the story！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top

Mark Stodghill ，

Found myself seduced into the world of perfumery and unadulterated evil--- and a decent geography/history/sociology course。

Vel Veeter ，

I saw the movie version of this novel when it came out and I don't remember a thing about it。 That was good because it meant I enjoyed the book a lot more。 We are in the pre-revolution France and there's a baby born who has no scent。 We are told emphatically that his poop still smells， but rather that he exudes no scent otherwise。 This will come up later as it turns out that the tradeoff for this is the very fine-tuned ability to have perfect smell （like perfect pitch， but smell。 You get it）。 Th I saw the movie version of this novel when it came out and I don't remember a thing about it。 That was good because it meant I enjoyed the book a lot more。 We are in the pre-revolution France and there's a baby born who has no scent。 We are told emphatically that his poop still smells， but rather that he exudes no scent otherwise。 This will come up later as it turns out that the tradeoff for this is the very fine-tuned ability to have perfect smell （like perfect pitch， but smell。 You get it）。 This ability along with being quite unhinged leads him eventually to murdering a woman in order to capture her "fatal" scent。 This all takes him down a path of obsession looking for more and more exotic scents and working to become the most virtuosic perfume maker in the world。 I want to rate this both higher and lower for various reasons。 Higher because of the absolutely wonderful sections of narration about the Paris perfume and scent industry 200+ years ago。 It's beautiful， it's wild， it's ecstatic writing at it's very best。 Even through translation， the passion of those sections are just gorgeous。 Lower because I have zero zero zero idea what to do with this big ending。 Not the end end， but right up to the end！ I won't tell you， but if you've read this book you know what I am talking about and if you do read this book， you'll learn。 I promise you won't miss it。 。。。more

Iris Preuer ，

Eine etwas skurrile Geschichte über den Aufstieg eines eigentlich armen Mannes zum Mörder。Dieses Buch fand ich etwas grausig von der Beschreibung mancher Dinge。 Trotz dessen fand ich die Geschichte im ganzen sehr gut und kann sie auch nur jedem empfehlen！

Neil Fein ，

From the very first sentence， this book compelled me to read it。

Pames ，

Terminé por pura fuerza de voluntad y para ver si podía hacer speed reading en algo en lo que nada más no podía avanzar。De thriller no tiene nada y los asesinatos apenas se mencionan。 Parece que solo leí párrafos llenos de listas。 Listas por todos lados。 Adjunto evidencia。 La solitaria garrapata， que se encoge y acurruca en el árbol， ciega， sorda y muda， y sólo husmea， husmea durante años。。。Sus excrementos eran todo lo que daba al mundo; ni una sonrisa， ni un grito， ni un destello en la mirad Terminé por pura fuerza de voluntad y para ver si podía hacer speed reading en algo en lo que nada más no podía avanzar。De thriller no tiene nada y los asesinatos apenas se mencionan。 Parece que solo leí párrafos llenos de listas。 Listas por todos lados。 Adjunto evidencia。 La solitaria garrapata， que se encoge y acurruca en el árbol， ciega， sorda y muda， y sólo husmea， husmea durante años。。。Sus excrementos eran todo lo que daba al mundo; ni una sonrisa， ni un grito， ni un destello en la mirada， ni siquiera el propio olor。 。。。 limpiaba de carne las hediondas pieles， las enjuagaba， pelaba， blanqueaba， cauterizaba y abatanaba， las impregnaba de tanino， partía leña， descortezaba abedules y tejos， bajaba al noque， lleno de vapor cáustico， y colocaba pieles y cortezas a capas。。。。。。 olores que se mezclaban entre sí: olores de hombres y animales， de comida y enfermedad， de agua， piedra， cenizas y cuero， jabón， pan recién cocido y huevos que se hervían en vinagre， fideos y latón bruñido， salvia， cerveza y lágrimas， grasa y paja húmeda y seca。Y así， junto a las pastillas olorosas y los pebetes y sahumerios， tenía también especias， desde semillas de anís a canela， jarabes， licores y jugos de fruta， vinos de Chipre， Málaga y Corinto， mieles， cafés， tés， frutas secas y confitadas， higos， bombones， chocolates， castañas e incluso alcaparras， pepinos y cebollas adobados y atún en escabeche。 Y además， lacre perfumado， papel de cartas oloroso， tinta para enamorados que olía a esencia de rosas， carpetas de cuero español， portaplumas de madera de sándalo blanca， estuches y cofres de madera de cedro， ollas y cuencos para pétalos， recipientes de latón para incienso， frascos y botellas de cristal con tapones de ámbar pulido， guantes y pañuelos perfumados， acericos rellenos de flores de nuez moscada y papeles pintados con olor a almizcle que podían llenar de perfume una habitación durante más de cien años。 Destiló latón， porcelana y cuero， grano y guijas; destiló tierra， sangre， maderas y pescado fresco， incluso sus propios cabellos。Después se pensó en los judíos， después en los monjes del convento de benedictinos， supuestamente lascivos—aunque todos pasaban de los setenta—， después en los cistercienses， en los masones， en los alienados de la Charité， en los carboneros， en los mendigos y， por último， en los nobles disolutos。。。 。。。more

Karolina ，

Wow I definitely have never read anything like it and I love a book that hammers in onto the senses。 It made me jealous of people with a good sense of smell but also made me think about how self consuming passions can be and that final satisfaction is an illusion。 The ending especially was insightful into how crime and criminals are viewed and treated。

Jazmin Torres ，

I saw the movie first but I'll say that I'd really enjoyed the end of this one It's MUCH BETTER BRAVA！！！ I saw the movie first but I'll say that I'd really enjoyed the end of this one It's MUCH BETTER BRAVA！！！ 。。。more

alice ，

i hated this:）

Bookboyfriends ，

This is on my top ten reads of all time

Angélica María ，

Es una historia cruda， escatológica y en extremo descriptiva， comienza con un parto en unas condiciones completamente antihigiénicas， avanza con una terrible obsesión que se representa en múltiples asesinatos y tiene un final más que increíble。

Diana ，

3。5 ⭐️

Miicaabooks ，

La verdad es que esperaba mucho más de este libro， la sinopsis prometía bastante a demás me lo habían recomendado como el mejor libro y leí muchas reseñas buenas sobre el。 Pero debo decir que me decepcionó， la historia en si es buena y el argumento es original， pero me costó terminarla， se me hizo una lectura muy pesada con demasiadas descripciones innecesarias， irrelevantes。 se divide en tres partes， la primera cuenta sobre la infancia de Jean-Baptiste Grenouille quien sufrió desde su primer dí La verdad es que esperaba mucho más de este libro， la sinopsis prometía bastante a demás me lo habían recomendado como el mejor libro y leí muchas reseñas buenas sobre el。 Pero debo decir que me decepcionó， la historia en si es buena y el argumento es original， pero me costó terminarla， se me hizo una lectura muy pesada con demasiadas descripciones innecesarias， irrelevantes。 se divide en tres partes， la primera cuenta sobre la infancia de Jean-Baptiste Grenouille quien sufrió desde su primer día de nacido y tiene una marca， no despide ningún olor， pero tiene un don excepcional: un olfato que le permite percibir todos los olores del mundo。 En eso se centra esta primera parte， al llegar a la segunda pensé que mejoraría pero para mi solo empeoró。 Al llegar a la tercera parte dije， bueno ya quedan pocas paginas para terminar acá si tiene que venir ，o que prometía la sinopsis， pero no。 Solo más cosas sin importancia que si fuesen eliminadas no afectarían en nada al libro。 Las escenas que de verdad deberían de haber sido bien descriptas solo las nombra por arriba y el final tampoco me gustó。 Leí por ahí que decían que era el mejor libro de suspenso y de terror pero a mi no me generó nada de eso， solo me generó aburrimiento。 Eso es todo 。。。more

Maaya ，

One of my fave。

Ammy Dollete ，

Author's way of storytelling is so good， i suggest you join novelstar's writing competition on april。 Author's way of storytelling is so good， i suggest you join novelstar's writing competition on april。 。。。more

Octopus Garden ，

10/10 - Engagement 10/10 - Plot 10/10 - Writing 10/10 - OverallProbably my favourite book so far！ Gripping， easy to read， the plot flows well， and above all， the writing is genuinely chuckle-worthy at all points。 Even though the premise is somewhat grim， the author manages to portray Grenouille in a loveable fashion with his wit and dedication to his mission。The notion of using olfactory cues to subtly manipulate others is certainly an interesting one。 The imagery invoked by the graphic metaphor 10/10 - Engagement 10/10 - Plot 10/10 - Writing 10/10 - OverallProbably my favourite book so far！ Gripping， easy to read， the plot flows well， and above all， the writing is genuinely chuckle-worthy at all points。 Even though the premise is somewhat grim， the author manages to portray Grenouille in a loveable fashion with his wit and dedication to his mission。The notion of using olfactory cues to subtly manipulate others is certainly an interesting one。 The imagery invoked by the graphic metaphors is also fantastic （see the quote below）。"He was as tough as a resistant bacterium and as content as a tick sitting quietly on a tree and living off a tiny drop of blood plundered years before"。- Patrick Süskind 。。。more

Mauro Badertsher ，

This book has everything。 It's classic， It's full of mystery， thrill， fiction， even it has some horror type part。 Really loved this book。 This book has everything。 It's classic， It's full of mystery， thrill， fiction， even it has some horror type part。 Really loved this book。 。。。more

Ayoub Chouchen ，

C'est le roman qui ma provoquer l'amour， et le désir de renifler tout les roses du monde et renifler aussi la petite fille rousse， j'ai besoin de sentir cette odeur merveilleuse， je veux vraiment sentir l'amour et je veux faire tout pour que je puisse。 C'est le roman qui ma provoquer l'amour， et le désir de renifler tout les roses du monde et renifler aussi la petite fille rousse， j'ai besoin de sentir cette odeur merveilleuse， je veux vraiment sentir l'amour et je veux faire tout pour que je puisse。 。。。more

SophieRose ，

4。5“For people could close their eyes to greatness， to horrors， to beauty， and their ears to melodies or deceiving words。 But they couldn't escape scent。 For scent was a brother of breath。 Together with breath it entered human beings， who couldn't defend themselves against it， not if they wanted to live。 And scent entered into their very core， went directly to their hearts， and decided for good and all between affection and contempt， disgust and lust， love and hate。 He who ruled scent ruled the 4。5“For people could close their eyes to greatness， to horrors， to beauty， and their ears to melodies or deceiving words。 But they couldn't escape scent。 For scent was a brother of breath。 Together with breath it entered human beings， who couldn't defend themselves against it， not if they wanted to live。 And scent entered into their very core， went directly to their hearts， and decided for good and all between affection and contempt， disgust and lust， love and hate。 He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men。” 。。。more

Daliah Abu Jamous ，

Despite how many times I have tried to finish this novel， I just couldn't read the remaining quarter of this book， which was about 70 page， and I usually read that at one sitting。I really wanted this book to live to it's hype since everyone loves it， but it didn't at all， the main character， Jean-Baptiste Grenouille， felt inhumane and more of an object than an actual human being with feelings， I couldn't relate to him in any way at all， I couldn't even hate him nor like him， the story itself was Despite how many times I have tried to finish this novel， I just couldn't read the remaining quarter of this book， which was about 70 page， and I usually read that at one sitting。I really wanted this book to live to it's hype since everyone loves it， but it didn't at all， the main character， Jean-Baptiste Grenouille， felt inhumane and more of an object than an actual human being with feelings， I couldn't relate to him in any way at all， I couldn't even hate him nor like him， the story itself was also weak， it stretched in an awful long way to describe small unimportant events to a point where the entire novel felt like a series of unimportant events， The build up of the plot stretched way too long that I didn't even care to know whats the plot anymore。 。。。more

Asude🤍 ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I don’t know how I feel about this book。。The author did a great job in writing but I’m also questioning how he made this story。。。 This isn’t something I normally would read and would read again but I guess it was a change of norm。。。This is an unique story and the plot was different from other classics but I think that’s why this book became so popular。 Overall I would give this book a 2 star rating because I was surly really disgusted and also really shocked by some things。 I also think that thi I don’t know how I feel about this book。。The author did a great job in writing but I’m also questioning how he made this story。。。 This isn’t something I normally would read and would read again but I guess it was a change of norm。。。This is an unique story and the plot was different from other classics but I think that’s why this book became so popular。 Overall I would give this book a 2 star rating because I was surly really disgusted and also really shocked by some things。 I also think that this book was quite boring in some stages mostly the concrete smells and proses were annoying。 Also some stages of his life were not even necessary for the story line。 （Kinda waisted my time） I also didn’t enjoy reading about young girls and there virginity being sexualized。 I mostly wanted to throw up when I read THAT scene iykyk 。。。more

Jayden ，

4/5*Chào thua với cái kết :））Quyển này có nhiều tình huống kinh dị， kinh tởm， tí xíu về vấn đề người lớn， nên khuyến nghị người đọc trên 16+ hãy đọc。

Tanja ，

bullshit with really unnecessary descriptions the ending⚰

Nela Armin ，

I really hate this book。Maybe I just had high expectations and the result was so disappointing， so I got to hate it。 I don't know what the fuss is about it， but tastes are different。 I really hate this book。Maybe I just had high expectations and the result was so disappointing， so I got to hate it。 I don't know what the fuss is about it， but tastes are different。 。。。more

SuShi ，

I was predisposed to liking this book， I love perfumes。 A little secret- one of the reasons that I was smitten by my husband when we first went out was a specific perfume he wore that day。 I just made him smile :）It is an incredible book。 I was rapt。 It is a story about social isolation， about not belonging and being accepted in the society and the negative effects it can wrought on one’s mind。 It’s also a story about obsession， a singular pursuit for perfection regardless of the facts。Delivery I was predisposed to liking this book， I love perfumes。 A little secret- one of the reasons that I was smitten by my husband when we first went out was a specific perfume he wore that day。 I just made him smile :）It is an incredible book。 I was rapt。 It is a story about social isolation， about not belonging and being accepted in the society and the negative effects it can wrought on one’s mind。 It’s also a story about obsession， a singular pursuit for perfection regardless of the facts。Delivery of the climax was masterful。 The moment captured the heart of the book in one beautifully horrific frenzy of emotions and desires。 I knew it was coming （l’d seen the movie many years ago） though I don’t think the movie could ever quite capture the intensity and euphoric nature of the situation。The book has a slightly menacing undertone that is quite hypnotic。 It’s an angry， dangerous little book。PS - I don’t remember the movie being even a tiny bit funny， or possibly the ruthless world of literature has stripped my psyche of all the sensitivity。PPS - I kicked myself a lot after I finished reading it， disappointed that I didn’t read it sooner！ 。。。more

Brenda Rollins ，

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer， will put your sense of smell into overdrive， but not to the murderous extent that it for Jean- Baptiste Grenouille。 Jean - Baptiste was born with the unique talent of smell， a gift of an accumulative scent of every single unique scent going whether it was good or bad， and this eventually made him greedy。 He needed to smell all that surrounded him， to smell it in as if it was air， giving life to his soul， for he himself was born without a scent。It was the intoxic Perfume: The Story of a Murderer， will put your sense of smell into overdrive， but not to the murderous extent that it for Jean- Baptiste Grenouille。 Jean - Baptiste was born with the unique talent of smell， a gift of an accumulative scent of every single unique scent going whether it was good or bad， and this eventually made him greedy。 He needed to smell all that surrounded him， to smell it in as if it was air， giving life to his soul， for he himself was born without a scent。It was the intoxicating scent of a beautiful plum picking red head in his early teens that drove Grenouille on the path to murder。 He vowed to learn how to preserve this intoxicating scent so he would never have to live without it， no matter what it cost， even human life。 His nose ruled his world and he would master the craft of creating wonderful perfumes， which would in essence enable him to preserve the intoxicating scents， the ones which would make him whole。 Incapable of human love， the scents of those murdered women will have to suffice。 The scent of a godlike creature is created from every sensual part of a woman in this well written novel filled with historical details。 The concept was a crazy one， however， it depicts a fixation on perfecting a scent to make up for a lack of sensual deprivation in a normal sense。 The nose wants what the heart can’t feel。 When the nose becomes the ultimate pleasure centre， look out world ！！ 。。。more

Simon Bavar ，

This book contains everything。 classic， history， adventure， mystery， thrill。 even horror also。 I felt really excitement while reading this book。

Big Daddy Gnome ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Little ugly man makes perfume that smells so good it makes the whole world horny and then they eat him 😳

Leire ，

Muy francés

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