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Men could close our eyes to greatness, before the horror and turarsi ears in front of words or seductive melodies. But they could not escape the scent. Since the scent is the brother of breath. With it penetrated men, could not resist it if they wanted to live. And the smell enter in them, directly to the heart and sympathy categorically distinguished from contempt, disgust, pleasure, love hate. The one that dominated the smells, dominated the hearts of men.

The scent (original German title Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders) is a novel by Patrick Süskind 1985.