First published under the title Das Parfum in 1985, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a novel written by German author Patrick Süskind. The book got wide attention because it is a literary historical cross-genre work. With the main themes including identity , communication, and human morality and spirit, the novel digs deep into a quite unique subject, which is the sense of smell. It explores how scents are able to carry and convey different emotional meanings and how people perceive those meanings by catching the sense with their sense of smell.
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