Patrick Suskind's novel
Perfume is an amazing, page turning, if gruesome, read.
Fragrance-science-wise it is spot on (
Perhaps with one major exception).
I recommend the book to you.
It should be interesting to see what Hoffman does with the (very quirky, odd) role.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | How France makes sense of scents
How France makes sense of scents
By Caroline Wyatt
BBC News, Paris
Dustin Hoffman (left) in film Perfume
Dustin Hoffman (left) plays the troubled perfumer Baldini in the film
The film of Patrick Suskind's best-selling novel Perfume opens in the UK this week.
Its plot - about a Parisian perfume creator who turns to the dark side to create the ultimate scent - has proved a hit in France,
