Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 19

           Thesedistillateswereonlybarelysimilartotheodoroftheiringredients,buttheywereatleastinterestingenoughtobeprocessedfurther.Buttherewerealsosubstanceswithwhichtheprocedurewasacompletefailure.Grenouilletriedforinstancetodistilltheodorofglass,theclayey,coolodorofsmoothglass,somethinganormalhumanbeingcannotperceiveatall.Hegothimselfbothwindowglassandbottleglassandtriedworkingwithitinlargepieces,infragments,inslivers,asdust-allwithouttheleastsuccess.Hedistilledbrass,porcelain,andleather,grainandgravel.Hedistilledplaindirt.Bloodandwoodandfreshfish.Hisownhair.Bytheendhewasdistillingplainwater,waterfromtheSeine,thedistinctiveodorofwhichseemedtohimworthpreserving.Hebelievedthatwiththehelpofanalembichecouldrobthesematerialsoftheircharacteristicodors,justascouldbedonewiththyme,lavender,andcarawayseeds.Hedidnotknowthatdistillationisnothingmorethanaprocessforseparatingcomplexsubstancesintovolatileandlessvolatilecomponentsandthatitisonlyusefulintheartofperfumerybecausethevolatileessentialoilsofcertainplantscanbeextractedfromtherest,whichhavelittleornoscent.Forsubstanceslackingtheseessentialoils,thedistillingprocessis,ofcourse,whollypointless.Forusmoderns,educatedinthenaturalsciences,thatisimmediatelyapparent.ForGrenouille,however,thisknowledgewaswonpainfullyafteralongchainofdisappointingexperiments

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