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Shayla
Jul 21, 2007 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I really wish we could do 1/2 stars. I would give this book a 2 1/2.

This book is ok to good, because the imagery of Grenouille's ability to smell any and everything, except for himself (because he has no odor) was really great, and funny at times. Additionally, the detailed depictions of how Grenouille learned to make perfumes and oils gave me an appreciation of the art associated with creating perfumes during that era.

My issue was with the structure of the storytelling. There is a large portion
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Hilary
May 01, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Carrie
May 12, 2007 rated it it was amazing
mehg-hen
Jul 29, 2007 rated it did not like it
Sean
Sep 19, 2007 rated it it was ok
vivike
May 26, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2008, fiction
akaellen
Jun 18, 2008 marked it as to-read
Kai
Feb 07, 2009 rated it really liked it
Sil
Apr 10, 2009 marked it as to-read
Isabel
Jun 15, 2009 rated it liked it
Rachel
Apr 29, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Evelyn Pryce
Sep 22, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mariquon
Oct 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, favorites
anne
Apr 04, 2014 rated it liked it
Alison
Jun 03, 2015 marked it as to-read
Julie
Aug 25, 2015 rated it really liked it
Halsted Bernard
Dec 17, 2015 marked it as to-read
angeleen
Apr 24, 2017 rated it it was ok
Shelves: group-reads
Kate
Jun 30, 2016 marked it as to-read
Alya
Jul 23, 2016 marked it as to-read
James Vickers
Dec 05, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: gen-x
Erika
Mar 03, 2017 rated it liked it
Sarah
Oct 26, 2017 marked it as to-read
Cindy
May 15, 2018 rated it liked it
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Apr 17, 2019 rated it liked it
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