Perfume: The Story of a MurdererA murder was the start of his obsession. It was after that first crime that he knew he was a genius, that he understood his destiny. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the greatest perfumer of all time, possessed the power not just to create beautiful scents but to distill the very essence of love itself |
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