Perfume
FictionClassicsHistorical

Perfume

by Patrick Süskind

Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2010-12-30

Overview

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets 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 Paris. 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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mary@maryanne· 7mo🇵🇭

my copy just arrived! any thoughts?

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