Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 37

           Inaspecialimpregnatingroom,theflowerswerestrewnonglassplatessmearedwithcooloilorwrappedinoil-soakedcloths;theretheywoulddieslowlyintheirsleep.Ittookthreeorfourdaysforthemtowitherandexhaletheirscentintotheadheringoil.Thentheywerecarefullypluckedoffandnewblossomsspreadout.Thisprocedurewasrepeatedagoodten,twentytimes,anditwasSeptemberbeforethepomadehaddrunkitsfillandthefragrantoilcouldbepressedfromthecloths.Theyieldwasconsiderablylessthanwithmaceration.Butinpurityandverisimilitude,thequalityofthejasminepasteorthehuileantiquedetubereusewonbysuchacoldenfleurageexceededthatofanyotherproductoftheperfumer’sart.Particularlywithjasmine,itseemedasiftheoiledsurfacewereamirrorimagethatradiatedthesticky-sweet,eroticscentoftheblossomwithlifelikefidelity-cumgranosails,ofcourse.ForGrenouille’snoseobviouslyrecognizedthedifferencebetweentheodoroftheblossomsandtheirpreservedscent:thespecificodoroftheoil-nomatterhowpure-laylikeagossamerveiloverthefragranttableauoftheoriginal,softeningit,gentlydilutingitsbravado-and,perhaps,onlythenmakingitsbeautybearablefornormalpeople…Butinanycase,coldenfleuragewasthemostrefinedandeffectivemethodtocapturedelicatescents.Therewasnobetter.AndevenifthemethodwasnotgoodenoughcompletelytosatisfyGrenouille’snose,heknewquitewellthatitwouldsufficeathousandtimesoverfordupingaworldofnumbednoses.

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