The perfume
1. What is the closest thing Grenouille has to a friend in this novel?
Answer: The perfumer Baldini is probably the human being who becomes closest to Grenouille during his lifetime as in some way a peer. Certainly Baldini profits the most from Grenouille, who gives him hundreds of formulas for perfumes. While the two are spending time extracting essences from plants, Baldini talsk to him about his youth and his time in the war. While Baldini does not actually feel close to Grenouille (he feels uneasy around him and, while not actually loathing him, is happy when Grenouille leaves), the two live in relative harmony for some time. Baldini cares for Grenouille when he is sick with syphilitic smallpox, at least out of a desire to protect a valuable asset. So, while Baldini certainly does not love Grenouille, the two have some semblance of a normal human relationship, probably the only one Grenouille has in his life.
http://www.gradesaver.com/perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer/study-guide/essay-questions/ The perfumer Baldini initially regards Grenouille with contempt. He explains, "Whatever the art or whatever the craft—and make a note of this before you go!—talent means next to nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything" [p. 74]. And yet Grenouille is able to concoct the most glorious perfumes effortlessly and with no previous experience or training. What do you think the novel as a whole conveys about the relationship between genius and convention, creativity and destruction, chaos and order? http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/774-perfume-suskind?start=3 Whenever scent is presented in Perfume, it goes into absolute detail, the descriptions of smells that Grenouille encounters and the setting of a place also presents itself with sheer verbosity, Suskind perhaps uses this to emphasize the scent’s smells as the book is related a lot using smell. Father Terrier is a minor character in the story introduced
Answer: The perfumer Baldini is probably the human being who becomes closest to Grenouille during his lifetime as in some way a peer. Certainly Baldini profits the most from Grenouille, who gives him hundreds of formulas for perfumes. While the two are spending time extracting essences from plants, Baldini talsk to him about his youth and his time in the war. While Baldini does not actually feel close to Grenouille (he feels uneasy around him and, while not actually loathing him, is happy when Grenouille leaves), the two live in relative harmony for some time. Baldini cares for Grenouille when he is sick with syphilitic smallpox, at least out of a desire to protect a valuable asset. So, while Baldini certainly does not love Grenouille, the two have some semblance of a normal human relationship, probably the only one Grenouille has in his life.
http://www.gradesaver.com/perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer/study-guide/essay-questions/ The perfumer Baldini initially regards Grenouille with contempt. He explains, "Whatever the art or whatever the craft—and make a note of this before you go!—talent means next to nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything" [p. 74]. And yet Grenouille is able to concoct the most glorious perfumes effortlessly and with no previous experience or training. What do you think the novel as a whole conveys about the relationship between genius and convention, creativity and destruction, chaos and order? http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/774-perfume-suskind?start=3 Whenever scent is presented in Perfume, it goes into absolute detail, the descriptions of smells that Grenouille encounters and the setting of a place also presents itself with sheer verbosity, Suskind perhaps uses this to emphasize the scent’s smells as the book is related a lot using smell. Father Terrier is a minor character in the story introduced