Review by: DeepSeven
(Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman 2006) No pun intended, but this movie really took my breath away. I know that this is not my normal sci fi horror, but we should all try something different once and a while.
SYNOPSIS: In 16th century France a baby is born with superhuman olfactory senses. He goes up to be a scary introvert with a superhuman nose. When I say his sniffer is super, I mean he can smell a rock from across a room. He can even smell a perfume and recreate it by smell, and even make it better. This is where the movie goes. He discovers the greatest scent in the world in he scent of young innocent girls. He proceeds to invent a way to harvest the essence of young beauty, however this can only be done by killing them…
He then goes on a serial killer spree of killing young maidens and reaping their scent. After he collects enough of the perfect scents he can combine them together to create the most powerful fragrance in the world. He finally chases down the last piece of his perfume puzzle and takes her scent; he then also mixes it up.
This is where the movie goes off the page. He is sent to the executioner for his crimes, which he does admit too. However before he is taken to the stage to have every joint in his body broken with a metal rod, he puts a dab of the new perfume on. This causes everyone to see him as an angel a weep at his feet. Furthermore, he puts a dab on his handkerchief and throws it into the crowd; this causes an explosive orgy that envelops even the priests and the cardinal bishop of the church.
Great movie, great to look at, and great for something a little different.
BEST LINE: “I said you should experiment, I did not say you should boil the cat!”
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