I went to the theater for pre-premiere of perfume because Julian recommended it as a classic novel in his senior high school. As a matter of fact, I didn't read the book before, and never heard of it. LOL.
It is very, very attractive until the end of it. The music, the story and the takes can be regarded as a classic. However, the ending is kind of bizarre. As soon as the actor applied the "ultimate" perfume to his body, all other people went crazy and treat him as a angel from heaven.
I know it is a metaphor of power, money or something like that. Once you had power or money, you will be overrated and others will respect you no matter how/what you are, or how many naive people are killed/suffered because of your success.
The author tried to deliver a message that other people will not actually love you just because you have the best perfume(power, money) in the world. After killing 13 girls to complete his "ultimate perfume", the actor realized that he was still in solitude. He cannot recover the flavor of his first lover (first victim of his serial killing actually). Everybody admire him for his perfume but not himself. He decided to back to where he wad born and suicide in a ridiculous way.
Good movie but not that perfect.
