"Perfume" Smells Creepy

Years ago, I listened to an audiobook of a translation of Patrick Suskind's novel, "Perfume, the Story of a Murderer." It was fascinating and engaging, but also deeply creepy. Its (anti-) hero is a young man born (literally) on a heap of rotting scraps of fish and offal and other assorted garbage. And we're talking 18th century garbage here. Oddly enough, this child grows up to have absolutely no smell of his own -- but with a nose exquisitely-tuned to all other scents. It's like his super power. (My super power, by the way, is the ability to discern a Christian radio station in less than five seconds.) But he doesn't always use his powers for good.

Now "Perfume" is finally becoming a movie, directed by Tom Tykwer, who directed one of my favorite movies of the past decade, "Run Lola Run." You can see a teaser trailer here, though it's a pretty small window.

I warn you, this one will not be for the faint-hearted.