Why does Grenouille never consider himself or others in terms of their humanity? Aside from his supernatural powers of smell, …

How does the author explain Grenouille’s fascination for the scents of girls of a certain age and type? How does …

Describe the circumstances of Jean-Baptiste’s birth. How would this affect him throughout his life? Why does Grenouille spend seven years …

Perfume is set in eighteenth-century France and tells an extravagant story of a man possessed with a magical sense of …

After Grenouille leaves the town of Grasse, where he has caused so much death and suffering, his case is officially …

In the novel’s climatic scene, just as Grenouille is about to be executed, he uses the perfume he’s created to …

Grenouille becomes, toward the end of the novel, a kind of olfactory vampire, killing young women to rob them of …

When Grenouille emerges from his self-imposed seven-year exile, he is brought to the attention of the marquis de La Taillade-Espinasse, …

Grenouille is introduced as “one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of …

Some reviewers have claimed that the Süskind’s writing in Perfume is “verbose and theatrical, ” while others have described it …