Patrick Süskind’s brilliant and mysterious “Perfume” was first published in Switzerland in 1985. Today it is recognized as the most famous novel written in German since Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” With a total print run of over 12 million copies, it has been translated into 47 languages—including Latin—and at last adapted for film. The movie, released in worldwide theaters in 2006, was a huge success, and its creators received six awards from the German Film Academy. Today, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille’s triumphant procession—the magnificent, unstoppable monster—continues. Undoubtedly, this gripping romantic detective story, already a classic, will keep stirring, attracting, and intriguing readers of all kinds of tastes for a long time to come.