Perfume: The Story of Murder
2 journalers for this copy...
I found this good-condition softcover in the Little Free Library in Ayer, MA while dropping off some books of my own. I'd read it some time back and was glad to have a release copy.
It's a very gritty and sometimes surreal look at 18th-century Paris, through the eyes of a scent-obsessed man with a super-sensitive nose. The descriptions of the odors - from the appalling ones to the divine - help bring the locales to life, but I admit that once our strange hero starts trying to capture the fragrances of women's bodies things get... very disturbing!
[There's a TV Tropes page on the novel, with comments on the 2006 film as well.]
It's a very gritty and sometimes surreal look at 18th-century Paris, through the eyes of a scent-obsessed man with a super-sensitive nose. The descriptions of the odors - from the appalling ones to the divine - help bring the locales to life, but I admit that once our strange hero starts trying to capture the fragrances of women's bodies things get... very disturbing!
[There's a TV Tropes page on the novel, with comments on the 2006 film as well.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Benson Park - 19 Kimball Hill Rd in Hudson, New Hampshire USA on Monday, August 8, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (8/8/2016 UTC) at Little Free Library, Benson Park - 19 Kimball Hill Rd in Hudson, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I plan to leave this book in the Little Free Library in the park at around 12:30 or so; hope the finder enjoys it!
*** Released as part of the 2016 One Word Title release challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2016 Movie release challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2016 One Word Title release challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2016 Movie release challenge. ***
I was dropping off a book when I saw this one in the box and had to grab it. I've been wanting to read this forever and lost my copy years ago. Thanks gorydetails. I'll read it soon and set it free again when I'm done.