

But seeing the film in all its glorious bizarreness and vivid peculiarity after all of those apathetic years, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" has turned out to be quite an exhilarating cinematic surprise. Despite the fact that the visually innovative Tom Tykwer is at the directorial helm, my inclination to watch this film is quite lukewarm at best mainly because, well, I just don't know why. "Even after so many years of creating perfume, I was still absolutely amazed, and I’ll never forget the joy I felt at meeting the local growers.For some reasons unclear to me, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" has never really piqued my interest before. That in itself was already an enjoyable adventure, but then there was this magnificent reward at the end, and I finally got to see my favorite ingredient in its natural environment, on these steep slopes," he says. "We took a small plane, then a four-wheel drive, followed by a hike through a few isolated villages in the middle of nowhere. But for Demachy, traveling to Sulawesi, Indonesia to visit the patchouli plantations was by far the most rewarding part of filming Nose. The filmmakers traveled to Grasse, France, which is both Demachy's childhood home and also the home to his creative laboratory at the Fontaines Parfumées. I believe that a scent is like love-you can’t explain it." "We persist in trying to explain it, describe it and dissect it, but it is never completely defined. "It’s the perfume, more than anything, that is mysterious," Demachy says in a brand interview for the film's release. Directors Arthur de Kersauson and Clément Beauvais spent two years documenting Demachy to uncover some of the mysteries behind perfume ideation and highlight the women who play a key role in the development of raw materials like rose and jasmine.
