V Franciji v 18. stol. živi Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, rojen z izjemnim čutom za vonj. Njegov dar postane obsedenost in prizadeva si ustvariti najbolj omamen parfum na svetu, in to tako, da pobija mlade ženske in iz njihovih teles izloči vonjave.V Franciji v 18. stoletju živi Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Bew Whishaw), rojen z izjemnim čutom za vonj ter eden najboljših izdelovalcev parfumov v državi. Ampak njegov dan se sčasoma sprevrže v obsedenost, ko si prizadeva ustvariti najbolj omamen parfum na svetu, in to tako, da pobija mlade ženske in iz njihovih teles izloči vonjave. Ko oblasti najdejo dvanajst trupel, izbruhne panika in družine povsod po mestu sklenejo v domove zakleniti vse svoje hčere.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation, as well as talent. Of all of the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's body, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her essence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost.