Perfume, by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, is the first novel by the German writer, Patrick Süskind.

It was published on 1985 and this historical and cross- genre novel became a best-seller quickly.

It explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meaning that scents may carry. Above all it is a story of identity, communication and the morality of the human spirit.

The story focuses on Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume apprentice in 18th-century France who, born with no body scent himself, begins to stalk and murder virgins in search of the "perfect scent", which he finds in a young woman named Laure, whom his acute sense of smell finds in a secluded private garden in Grass.

The director Tom Tykwer made a film based on the book.

Perfume:The story of a Murdered was realised on September 14, 2006 in Germany. 

Ben Whishaw  Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman,Rachel Hurd-Wood y Karoline Herfurth stars in the film.

To know more about the film, here is the trailler.