Perfume | Objects, Setting & Important Places

Perfume Objects/Places

Paris

The largest city in France, where Grenouille grows up. At the time the story takes place, Paris is a crowded, bad-smelling city, and Grenouille lives in one of the foulest-smelling parts of it.

Grasse

A town near the Mediterranean coast that is the center of the French perfume trade. It is located in a valley isolated from the sea, surrounded by flower fields.

The Cimetiere des Innocents

The "Cemetery of the Innocents". A large, open cemetery in Paris near where Grenouille is born. Bodies are often placed in shallow or open pits, and the stench of decay is strong.

The Cave

A long, lightless cave where Grenouille isolates himself from all human scent for seven years. No living thing has ever lived in it prior to Grenouille.

Pont-du-Change

A bridge over the River Seine that has fashionable shops along each side. It is the location of Baldini's perfumery where Grenouille first finds work in the perfume trade.

Notre-Dame Cathedral

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