Saturday, January 16, 2021

Some Words for Perfume to Understand

A cultural and historical phenomenon is the Scent. People connect over odor (along with other animals) and connect smells associated with those memories. The odor is so essential in some cultures that there are many more adjectives to describe scents than there are for sights or sounds. The smell is an emotional and psychological stimulant that is often devalued yet powerful. Patrick Susskind captivates not only with an enthralling plot line but also with an influence of smell over a man in his novel "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer".