num_pages: 304
description: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is abandoned on the filthy streets of eighteen-century Paris as a baby, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Gradually he learns how to exploit this gift in the art of creating the most sublime perfumes in France. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture: the scent of an innocent young virgin. In order to perfect his experiments, he must have this final ingredient - at any cost. A cult international bestseller, Perfume is a bewitching, darkly humorous of desire, obsession and death.
language: English
title: Perfume
titlecomplete: Perfume
characters: Dominique Druot, Antoine Richis, Laure Richis, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, Grimal, Father Terrier, Jeanne Bussie, Madame Arnulfi, Giuseppe Baldini, Chénier, Madame Gaillard, The Plum Girl, Marquis de Taillade-Espinasse
genres: German Literature, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 444693
places: Montpellier, Auvergne Region, Grasse, French Riviera, France, Paris
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: John E. Woods
publisher: Penguin Classics