Essay on Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer help: The perfumer Baldini initially regards Grenouille

The perfumer Baldini initially regards Grenouille with contempt. He explains, “Whatever the art or whatever the craft—and make a note of this before you go!—talent means next to nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything” [p. 74]. And yet Grenouille is able to concoct the most glorious perfumes effortlessly and with no previous experience or training. What do you think the novel as a whole conveys about the relationship between genius and convention, creativity and destruction, chaos and order?