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…Scents from Perfume: The Story of A Murderer, continued

Filed under: Perfume — Christine at 6:05 pm on Monday, November 20, 2006

Chandler Burr’s recent New York Times article provides a fascinating look at the creation of the 15 scents mentioned in yesterday’s post. Beginning in 2000, Christophe Laudamiel began systematically recreating the major scenes in the movie, in scents, one by one.

Without giving away too much of the movie, let’s just say that it was impossible (not to mention diabolical) to try to recreate the scent of murderd virgins as the character Grenouille tried to do. Ergo, the creation of a perfume to enhance one’s own smell, namely: Aura. For the rest of the article, read here

For more about the movie, due out December 27th, click here

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