Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 38

           Theresultwaseerie:rightunderGrenouille’snose,thesackmakerroseolfactonlyfromthedead,ascendingfromthealcoholsolution,hoveringthere-thephantomslightlydistortedbythepeculiarmethodsofreproductionandthecountlessmiasmasofhisdisease-butperfectlyrecognizableinspaceasanolfactorypersonage.Asmallmanofaboutthirty,blond,withabulbousnose,shortlimbs,flat,cheesyfeet,swollengem’talia,cholerictemperament,andastalemouthodor-notahandsomeman,aromaticallyspeaking,thissack-maker,notworthbeingheldontoforanylengthoftime,likethepuppy.AndyetforonewholenightGrenouilleletthescent-specterflutterabouthiscabinwhilehesniffedathimagainandagain,happyanddeeplysatisfiedwiththesenseofpowerthathehadwonovertheauraofanotherhumanbeing.Hepoureditoutthenextday.Hetriedonemoreexperimentduringthesewinterdays.Hediscoveredadeaf-mutebeggarwomanwanderingthroughthetownandpaidheronefranctowearseveraldifferentsetsofragssmearedwithoilsandfatsagainsthernakedskin.Itturnedoutthatlambsuet,porklard,andbeeftallow,renderedmanytimesover,combinedinaratiooftwotofivetothree-withtheadditionofasmallamountofvirginoil-wasbestforabsorbinghumanodor.Grenouilleletitgoatthat.Herefrainedfromoverpoweringsomewhole,livepersonandprocessinghimorherperfumatorily.Thatsortofthingwouldhavemeantrisksandwouldhaveresultedinnonewknowledge

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