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This was dark but enjoyable. The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a poor soul born in a fish market and abandoned by his mother. His early life is in poverty and as an orphan, and he soon recognizes he has a gift for scent. As Grenouille grows into adolescence and young adulthood, he develops the talent for scent, scent identification, and longs to master creating perfumes. Yet, he is cold, distant, and quite possibly mentally unstable. Due to his upbringing, he lacked attachment to others, lacked warmth and interpersonal connection between others, and lacked empathy/sympathy for others.
His quest takes him under the tutelage of a master perfume-maker, Baldini. He learns the fine art of chemistry, lab work, and making perfumes.
Grenouille, who is compared to a blood-drinking tick throughout the book, takes a more serious approach to creating the perfect scent he desires. His lack of emotional closeness to people enabled to murder young girls in order to capture their scent to be used in his perfumes.
I really liked this story and was captivated the whole time at Grenouille and the homicidal path he went to achieving his aim. I saw the movie in 2007 and it was good too. I would recommend it to anyone as an enjoyable book. Thanks!
His quest takes him under the tutelage of a master perfume-maker, Baldini. He learns the fine art of chemistry, lab work, and making perfumes.
Grenouille, who is compared to a blood-drinking tick throughout the book, takes a more serious approach to creating the perfect scent he desires. His lack of emotional closeness to people enabled to murder young girls in order to capture their scent to be used in his perfumes.
I really liked this story and was captivated the whole time at Grenouille and the homicidal path he went to achieving his aim. I saw the movie in 2007 and it was good too. I would recommend it to anyone as an enjoyable book. Thanks!