“Perfume: The story of a Murderer” quotes
(2006)
Tom Tykwer
directed this movie
in 2006
Title Perfume: The story of a Murderer
Original title Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Year 2006
Director Tom Tykwer
Genre Drama, Fantasy
Original title Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Year 2006
Director Tom Tykwer
Genre Drama, Fantasy
All actors – Ben Whishaw, Francesc Albiol, Gonzalo Cunill, Roger Salvany, Andrés Herrera, Simon Chandler, David Calder, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr, Reg Wilson, Catherine Boisgontier, Núria Casas, Carlos Gramaje, Sian Thomas, Michael Smiley, Walter Cots, Perry Millward, Jan Cortés, Berta Ros, Alvaro Roque, Franck Lefeuvre, Sam Douglas, Joan Serrats, Jaume Montané, Bridget McConnell, Duna Jové, Karoline Herfurth, Timothy Davies, Dustin Hoffman, Dora Romano, Carolina Vera, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, Sara Forestier, Ramon Pujol, Corinna Harfouch, Paul Berrondo, Joanna Griffiths, Jessica Schwarz, Harris Gordon, Anna Gelman, Laura Gelman, Guillermo Ayesa, Anna Diogene, Montserrat Masó, Toby Harper, Jerome Willis, Fermí Reixach, Derek Smee, Albert Pérez, Artur Sala, Thomas Lenox, Richard Collins-Moore, Francesca Piñón, Nico Baixas, Enric Arquimbau, Oriol Tramvia, Cristina Solà, Laura Vidal, Ariadna Cabrol, Maia Jenkinson, John Hurt, Òscar Bosch, Aina Huguet, Ricardo Mestres, Abel Zamora, Miquel Bordoy, Carme Capdet, Carme Contreras, Susana Goulart, Pedro Gutiérrez, Jordi Manuel, Jaume Najarro, Alberto Quintana, Carlos Serna, Sergi Atencia Sánchez
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“When Jean-Baptiste did finally learn to speak he soon found that everyday language proved inadequate for all the olfactory experiences accumulating within himself.”
“He still had enough perfume left to enslave the whole world if he so chose. [...] He possessed a power stronger than the power of money, or terror, or death - the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing the perfume could not do. It could not turn him into a person who could love and be loved like everyone else.”
“Just like a musical chord, a perfume chord contains four essences, or notes, carefully selected for their harmonic affinity.”
“Each perfume contains three chords: the head, the heart and the base, necessitating 12 notes in all. The head chord contains the first impression, lasting a few minutes before giving way to the heart chord, the theme of the perfume, lasting several hours. Finally, the base chord, the trail of the perfume lasting several days.”
“Remember this... I'll be looking at you when you're laid on the cross and the twelve blows are crashing down on your limbs. When the crowd is finally tired of your screams and wandered home, I will climb up through your blood and sit beside you. I will look deep into your eyes... and drop by drop I will trickle my disgust into them like burning...” (continue)(continue reading)
“Talent means next to nothing, while experience acquired in humility and hard work means everything.”
“He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was the fear of his own oblivion. It was as though he did not exist.”
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