This is a remarkable novel about a man born without a scent, but with a oflactory sense so acute, he is able to identify even the most minute ingredients constituing scents; he can sense curious scents from miles apart. But Grenouille has one small problem: he is deprived of one thing each human being has: his own unique scent. The search for his own scent fills up his life and he finally reaches his goal in a most curious and grusome of ways, but his method you will have to discover yourself by reading The Perfume.