Patrick Süskind's international bestseller PERFUME was first published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf 30 years ago on this day in 1986.
“Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.”
―from PERFUME: The Story of a Murderer
―from PERFUME: The Story of a Murderer
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille’s genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the “ultimate perfume”—the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. READ an excerpt here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/175395/perfume/
《香水》（英文：Perfume: The Story of a Murderer；德文：Das Parfüm – Die Geschichte eines Mörders）是一部2006年的德國電影，由湯姆·提克威執導。 此片劇本係依據徐四金的小說《香水》改編而成，描述一位與人類不相往來、嗅覺異常靈敏的天才葛奴乙（Grenouille），為了追尋世上最完美的香味而不惜殺人的旅程。
『パフューム ある人殺しの物語』（原題：Perfume: The Story of a Murderer）は、2006年製作のドイツ・フランス・スペイン合作映画。18世紀のパリを舞台にしたパトリック・ジュースキントの「香水 ある人殺しの物語」の映画化。
English
Perfume
Patrick Süskind (1985)
“Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.”
―from PERFUME: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
