The Story of a Murderer “Perfume”
By Yirone Huang
A murderer story about perfume
The film “Perfume” is based on a best-selling 1985 novel, by German writer Patrick Suskind. Perfume is a horror film directed by Tom Tykwer.
The story narrates a young man who possesses a powerful olfactory sense, performed by Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw). The film is set in 18th Century France, where Grenouille suffers from abnormal psychology. He murders more than a dozen women to create a perfect scent.
In the beginning of the movie, Grenouille is born in a French fish market where he is abandoned and he grows up in an orphanage. When he was a child, he becomes a genius of smelling. After many years, he makes a delivery to a perfume shop. To Grenouille’s surprise, the owner Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman), teaches Grenouille how to capture smells and how to create perfume. Baldini is a master at creating fragrances. Baldini is very patient and teaches his employee about all kinds of perfume scents. When Grenouille finds out he has a lot of interest in collecting and preserving special scents forever. To him, special scents are very attractive. From then on, he starts to murder women who possess special scents, because he desires to collect all fascinating smell. Therefore, he becomes a serial murderer.
The film uses a lot of character features to make people feel more jumpy. Also, the director employs sound effects to make the audience feel excited. Many people give this film good feedback, because the film style of horror is very effective. Nobody would expect that perfume will cause somebody death.
Picture source: Soundtrack
Source: Perfume Official Website
