Perfume; a movie review.

Since the day we all gain a bit of understanding we learn that the world exists in two phases. Phases or side or faces it doesn’t matter how you put it. Ying and Yang is a concept that comes across in one’s life sooner or later. I learned how there can be no darkness without light and vice versa.

I did not know that this existed in people too. As I grew up I realized how there are dark people and light people.

I am not being racial or talking about skin color at all.

What I am talking about are the personalities of people. How some people have lighter chirpier happier personalities while others a darker deeper and very different personalities.

I for one feel as if I am the lighter one. And I always existed that way. But now I met a darker version of myself. And the version that I didn’t know existed.

I met my namesake and she is who I feel like the darker version of myself and she for one never fails to inspire me.

Recently she suggested some movies.

Like I said earlier I feel like I am the lighter one therefore I always end up watching happy movies. Movies that were Animated, Comedy, Drama, Romance, and even Clichés. But she suggests I watch the whole opposite genre.

Today she suggested I watch;

PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER.

Perfume is a drama mystery psychological crime thriller which is based on a novel from 1958 written by Patrick Süskind.

It is directed by Tom Tykwer and features Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Dustin Hoffman.

This movie from its name seems like something as beautiful as a perfume scent.

But it is not.

I made a mistake by judging it when I just heard the name perfume.

When you will start watching this movie you will learn how gruesome it can be.

This movie tells a story about a man who was born with an uncanny ability to smell and can smell everything.

EVERY SINGLE THING.

And hence ventures out on a homicidal journey of capturing scents.

He mixes different oils and essences to make the perfect alluring scent which will capture the hearts of people and make them buy that certain Perfume.

He tries to distill every scent known to his sense of smell even the scent of a cat.

I would suggest you watch this movie with a fair warning.

A warning that this movie at times would want you to puke your guts out.

Yet takes you to a realm that you never knew existed.

The Realm of Smell. The Realm only a True Perfumer can venture to.