Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
IAH 209
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Characters
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
The Plum Girl
Giuseppe Baldini
Laura Richis
Antonie Richis
Plot
Relation to this Course
Morality: Murder?
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Main character
Born with an unimaginable sense of smell
Becomes intoxicated by a woman’s scent and obsessed with the need to capture it forever
Red haired virgins are the most intoxicating to him
Studies the art of perfuming and creates the perfect mixture that he’ll use to capture human pheromones
Dedicates his life to creating this perfume that will change the world and succeeds in doing so