Fragrance -- A Story of a Murderer

Author: Li Qinghua
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This is the story of a brilliant but bizarre genius who murdered 26 young women. Grenouille suffered from hardship since childhood and was born with a unique sense of smell capable of identifying a hundred thousand fragrances. He was particularly sensitive to the scent of women. He believed that scent could control emotions, so he lived in a mountain cave for seven years, sampling various exotic and pungent natural aromas and comparing them with different human scents. He came to realize that only the scent of young girls could make people lose their senses and submit to control. As a result, he seduced and killed 26 young women, extracting their scents through distillation to create a magical perfume. When his crimes were exposed and he was taken to the gallows, the thousands of onlookers were so overwhelmed by the strange scent on his body that they lost control and acted absurdly. But when he miraculously survived and returned to Paris, he was torn apart by thugs, prostitutes, thieves, and others who were drawn to his scent.