I find it difficult to adequately summarize the book (and we all know that brevity isn’t my forte!), so I’ll rely on Google books for a description that doesn’t give too much away:Īn acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder.
The book crosses and mixes several literary genres, from gothic to horror and the supernatural in the vein of Edgar Allen Poe. And, yet, Suskind manages brilliantly, re-creating the world of 18th-century France in all its horrors and fetid stink. As any perfume blogger can tell you, aroma is not an easy thing to convey.
Also known as Das Perfum or Le Parfum, the 1985 German novel is also one of the most beautifully written books I’ve read, a lyrical ode that explores the sense of smell in the most evocative, powerful way imaginable. One of my favorite books that I’ve read in the last decade is the international best-seller, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind.
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