His first victim is a red-haired 'mirabelle' girl. And for that he begins to kill the young, fragrant women from whose smell the ultimate perfume is to emerge. He wants to compose the perfect perfume to finally become part of the world.

Grenouille wants to create the greatest of all fragrances, an essence that finally makes this inconspicuous outsider smell - and therefore visible. He's an outsider with a unique talent - and a murderous idea. Grenouille can perceive odors from the greatest distance and dissect them into their individual parts. The Parisian orphan boy is punished with an ugly body devoid of its own fragrance - yet he is also blessed with a genius nose. Ironically, Patrick Süskind throws Jean-Baptiste Grenouille into this world of smells. The others must simply come to terms with this stinking effluvia of life. In order not to have to endure the bestial odors, those who can afford it hold a handkerchief with fine perfume to their noses. After his mother is executed as a child murderer, he himself is deported as an orphan into the Paris of the 18th century, a greasy juggernaut where waste and feces clog the streets.

With his little fingers, Grenouille claws his way into existence. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoīut she did not anticipate the boy's absolute will to survive.

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