perfume the story of a murderer by patrick süskind

People hate him for being different, some even thought of him as a devil (you know, eighteen-century.) His odourless body is one of the reason he’s being hatred and shunned. Ever since he was little, he was often being hand-over from one caretaker to another. He is the kind of man where people would never notice his presence until he talks because Grenouille did not possessed body smell.

Grenouille is pictured as an unattractive and plain young man. Grenouille odourless body and his unique ability may be what it takes to bring him down the road of a murderer. Unlike any other “normal” humanwho have body odours, Grenouille did not possessed any and on top of that, he has a gifted nose that allowed him to have strong sense of smelling. Grenouille and smells are two things that can’t be separate. The story takes place in eighteen-century of France where you can imagine the roads are very hectic, busy, crowded and smells. (Even though I really admire France architecture) Yes, I sucked at Geography and bad in remembering names. The story settings on France, so coming from Indonesia, I found it quite difficult for me to picture the exact location because I am not familiar with the roads, like how he can slip through this way here and there. The story centres on Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - the protagonist as well as the murderer. Totally rip you off from your typical classic fantasy. However, this is a whole new level classic. I used to read classic with a very prominent and promising main lead with bright future ahead and learning the meaning of life a lot from the genre. Give me a second.” This is probably the darkest classic I have ever read. I was shocked when this book is categorized as classic. Isn’t that enough to triggers your reader souls? What triggers me more, this book is refers as not only bestseller but also international sensation.

I started to read the summary then decided that I could take my time to read this book (I’m not that busy but let me pretend to be one) but then reality hits harder when reading expectations turns to illusion and I ended up reading this months after my confident proclamation. And that was all he wanted.”Īt first glance, I am captivated by the title. “He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting.

Perfume the story of a murderer by patrick süskind