Collection
Publication
Vintage (2001), Edition: Reprint, 255 pages
Description
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 odor he cannot capture.
Subjects
Original publication date
1985
Awards
World Fantasy Award (Nominee — Novel — 1987)
PEN Translation Prize (Winner — 1987)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (98 — 2008)
Language
Original language
English