Newsweek International, December 18th, 2006
Byline: Jessica Au Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is out roaming the dark streets of 18th-century Paris when something catches his nose. Sniffing the air, he follows the intoxicating aroma down a deserted alley to find that it belongs to a young girl sitting at a table peeling plums. Grenouille creeps up behind her; the girl turns around, startled to find him smelling her hair. Before she has a chance to scream, he drags her off into the shadows and impulsively strangles her. But her virginal scent consumes him. He rips open her dress, trying to preserve her scent in his memory by sniffing her nake...
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