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> [This perfume was not like any perfume known before. It was not a scent that made things smell better... it was completely new, capable of creating a whole world, a magical, rich world, and in an instant you forgot all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/this-perfume-was-not-like-any-perfume-known-before-it-was-not-a-scent/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

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## More by Patrick Süskind

> [“He had no use for sensual gratification, unless that gratification consisted of pure, incorporeal odors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/he-had-no-use-for-sensual-gratification-unless-that-gratification/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“...if you could not close a door behind you to take a shit in the city - even if it was just the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/if-you-could-not-close-a-door-behind-you-to-take-a-shit-in-the-city/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as if into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/with-one-glance-he-had-got-himself-trapped-in-the-brown-fundament-of/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/in-that-moment-as-he-saw-and-smelled-how-irresistible-its-effect-was/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“People even travelled to Lapland, up there in the North, with its eternal ice and savages who gorged themselves on raw fish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/people-even-travelled-to-lapland-up-there-in-the-north-with-its/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/when-they-finally-did-dare-it-at-first-with-stolen-glances-and-then/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/for-people-could-close-their-eyes-to-greatness-to-horrors-to-beauty/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“The wind blew cold, and he was freezing, but he did not notice that he was freezing, for within him was a counterfrost, fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/the-wind-blew-cold-and-he-was-freezing-but-he-did-not-notice-that-he/)

[Patrick Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“Something was happening while you waited. The most essential thing was happening. And even if he himself was doing nothing, it was happening through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/something-was-happening-while-you-waited-the-most-essential-thing-was/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“Although he had used it very sparingly, the perfume that he had mixed in Montpellier was slowly was slowly running out. He created a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/although-he-had-used-it-very-sparingly-the-perfume-that-he-had-mixed/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/he-had-withdrawn-solely-for-his-own-personal-pleasure-only-to-be-near/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/this-scent-had-a-freshness-but-not-the-freshness-of-limes-or/)

[Patrick Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/and-because-people-are-stupid-and-use-their-noses-only-for-blowing/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/it-was-good-really-that-this-external-world-still-existed-if-only-as/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“And the awful thing was that Grenouille, although he knew that this odour was his odour, could not smell it. Virtually drowning in himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/and-the-awful-thing-was-that-grenouille-although-he-knew-that-this/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

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