In this novel, the marquis de La Taillade-Espinasse theorizes that the Earth gives off a substance called the fluidum letale, which saps people's vitality.
The last sentence of this novel is "For the first time they had done something out of love," referring to a group of townspeople who dismember a man and eat him. The main character of this novel dreams that he is in a purple salon in a purple castle and wakes up to find that he is in a cave, where he lives for seven years. In this novel, the marquis de La Taillade-Espinasse theorizes that the Earth gives off a substance called the fluidum letale, which saps people's vitality. The main character of this novel works for the tanner Grimal before apprenticing himself to Baldini, who tries to discover the secret of PÃ©lissier's Amor and Psyche. Near the end, Monsieur Papon prepares to execute the main character, but is unable to because he, along with all of the spectators, is entranced by the smell of that main character, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. For 10 points, name this novel by Patrick SÃ¼skind about a man who murders women for their scent.
The last sentence of this novel is "For the first time they had done something out of love," referring to a group of townspeople who dismember a man and eat him.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [or Das Parfum]