A perfume is a product that provides a pleasant fragrance.
The substance used to give a good smell is known as perfume . This concept has its origin in the Latin per fumare , in reference to the aroma that came from the smoke in smoking (the process that consisted of causing aromatic smoke so that something smells good or is purified).
Nowadays, perfume is understood as a product , usually liquid, that men and women use on their bodies to give off a pleasant smell. For example: “My husband gave me a French perfume for my birthday,” “I take a shower, I put on perfume and I'm ready to go out,” “I don't like the perfume Carmen uses, it's too strong.”
Types of perfume
According to its aromatic intensity and concentration, it is possible to speak of perfume (more than 15% aromatic essence); eau de perfume ; eau de toilette or bath water ; eau de cologne or cologne water ; or splash perfumes .
There are also perfumes for clothes or for environments (such as car perfume or home perfume) that have the same objective as the fragrances that people use: to spread a pleasant aroma: “I bought a peach perfume for my shirts,” “Your car smells great: what perfume are you wearing?” .
Perfume is also used, by extension, to name a pleasant smell : “I love the perfume of these flowers” , “My grandmother's house had a very particular perfume, like a mixture of fruits and vegetation” , “A good chef not only "It has to seduce diners from the taste of its dishes, but also from the visual aspect and the perfume of the preparations."
Many flowers are valued for their perfume.
A work by Patrick Süskind
It is important to establish that one of the most important literary works of the 20th century is precisely the one titled “The Perfume.” More than fifteen million copies have been sold worldwide of this book created in 1985 by the German writer Patrick Süskind.
Halfway between a historical novel and a suspense novel, this work is framed, translated into more than forty languages, which takes Jean-Baptiste Grenouille as its protagonist. It was born in the turbulent France of the 18th century and since its arrival in the world the reader will discover not only how it grows but also its particularities.
And that character has the characteristic of possessing an unmatched and unparalleled sense of smell, which allows him to know how to identify any smell at any time and from a long distance.
Precisely that strange quality, which will lead him to find work in some of the best perfumeries in France, will also establish an obsession: finding the perfect perfume, the one that makes anyone submit to his will. Hence, he begins to commit murders of individuals who, for one reason or another, have a smell that he believes he needs to achieve his goal.
A unique plot that has captivated millions of people around the world and has even led to this book being brought to the big screen. Director Tom Tykwer was the one who got behind the cameras in 2006 to make this film.