Perfume Review

Perfume piqued my interest when I saw it in the movie store due to the premise: A young frenchman with a unique sense of smell becomes obsessed with the scent of a young woman and can not rest until he has captured the essence of her scent.  I saw that it was an erotic horror movie, which I was ok with because I wasn't watching it with children or anything.

 So, the beginning of the movie is fascinating- it details his birth, childhood and adulthood up to the point he meets this woman.  Then he realizes what his gift is supposed to be used for in his mind, and he sets out to accomplish that.  It is gruesome at some point, but you are absorbed into the movie by his intensity and his complete and utter lack of thought that what he is doing is wrong.  It is not until the end of the movie that the plot begins to fall apart.  I think it could have used a stronger ending, but it is based on a book, so who knows how close to plot the movie followed.

 I recommend it to anyone who likes chilly horror films...his obsession is horrific!