Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 11

           Helackedeverything:character,education,serenity,andasenseforthehierarchywithinaguild.HeowedhisfewsuccessesatperfumerysolelytothediscoverymadesometwohundredyearsbeforebythatgeniusMauritiusFrangipani-anItalian,letitbenoted!-thatodorsaresolubleinrectifiedspirit.Bymixinghisaromaticpowderwithalcoholandsotransferringitsodortoavolatileliquid,Frangipanihadliberatedscentfrommatter,hadetherializedscent,haddiscoveredscentaspurescent;inshort,hehadcreatedperfume.Whatafeat!Whatanepoch-makingachievement!Comparablereallyonlytothegreatestaccomplishmentsofhumankind,liketheinventionofwritingbytheAssyrians,Euclideangeometry,theideasofPlato,orthemetamorphosisofgrapesintowinebytheGreeks.AtrulyPrometheanact!Andyet,justasailgreataccomplishmentsofthespiritcastbothshadowandlight,offeringhumankindvexationandmiseryalongwiththeirbenefits,so,too,Frangipani’smarvelousinventionhaditsunfortunateresults.Fornowthatpeopleknewhowtobindtheessenceofflowersandherbs,woods,resins,andanimalsecretionswithintincturesandfillthemintobottles,theartofperfumerywasslippingbitbybitfromthehandsofthemastersofthecraftandbecomingaccessibletomountebanks,atleastamountebankwithapassablydiscerningnose,likethisskunkPelissier.Withouteverbotheringtolearnhowthemarvelouscontentsofthesebottleshadcometobe,theycouldsimplyfollowtheirolfactorywhimsandconcoctwhateverpoppedintotheirheadsorstruckthepublic’smomentaryfancy.

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