Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Perfume

by Patrick Suskind

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 …

Reviewed by maggiefan on

4 of 5 stars

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More like 3.5???
I really don't know how I feel about this book. I liked it so much and kind of hated it at the same time. But it was a decent and very dark book.

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