Perfume

Penguin Modern Classics

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Perfume

Written by: Patrick Süskind

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

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A downloadable audiobook edition of the modern classic Perfume read by Sean Barrett.

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: This is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: A sense of smell more powerful than any other human's.

Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: The scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill...

Genre Fiction

Historical

Literary Fiction

Psychological

Thriller & Suspense

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The base delusion that's human society reflects in the book. You will be amazed how reading excites your olfactory senses just as in the book smelling excites other senses

Ghastly, funny and smells great!

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This novel blew my mind. And the narration was top-notch.
Loved the themes of this book.
Would highly recommend!

A masterpiece

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Each line of the book is like a whisp of odour that the perfume is eminating. Delicious book. Better than food.

A literary feast.

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The writing style hooked me and the character was so interesting. Parts of the book were too creepy for my taste but otherwise one must make haste and devour this foul delicacy.

INSANE AND CREEPY

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