Chapter 38

           HESPENTHIStimeintheworkshop.HeexplainedtoDruotthathewastryingtoinventaformulaforanewcologne.Inreality,however,hewasexperimentingwithscentsofaverydifferentsort.Althoughhehaduseditverysparingly,theperfumethathehadmixedinMontpellierwasslowlyrunningout.Hecreatedanewone.Butthistimehewasnotcontentsimplytoimitatebasichumanodorbyhastilytossingtogethersomeingredients;hemadeitamatterofpridetoacquireapersonalodor,orbetteryet,anumberofpersonalodors.Firsthemadeanodorforinconspicuousness,amousy,workadayoutfitofodorswiththesour,cheesysmellofhumankindstillpresent,butonlyasifexudedintotheoutsideworldthroughalayeroflinenandwoolgarmentscoveringanoldman’sdryskin.Bearingthissmell,hecouldmoveeasilyamongpeople.Theperfumewasrobustenoughtoestablishtheolfactoryexistenceofahumanbeing,butatthesametimesodiscreetthatitbotherednoone.Usingit,Grenouillewasnotactuallypresent,andyethispresencewasjustifiedinthemostmodestsortofway-abastardstatethatwasveryhandybothintheArnulfihouseholdandonhisoccasionaloutingsinthetown.Oncertainoccasions,tobesure,thismodestscentprovedinconvenient.WhenhehaderrandstorunforDruotorwantedtobuyhisowncivetorafewmuskpodsfromamerchant,hemightprovetobesoperfectlyinconspicuousthathewaseitherignoredandnoonewaitedonhim,orwasgiventhewrongitemorforgottenwhilebeingwaitedon.

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