Perfume The Story Of A Murderer Penguin Modern Classics

Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is jean-baptiste grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other humanity's soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrance in Paris. 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...