The Geography of Enlightenment and Equality in Perfume The Story of a Murder Illumination and Equality in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer The Enlightenment rose in the late seventeenth and mid eighteenth century as a scholarly development accentuating reason, independence, and correspondence. The Enlightenment introduced a test to customary French cultural qualities, and numerous Enlightenment scholars were viewed as the progressives of their day. In the novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind, the topographical tourist spots of Paris and Grasse represent eighteenth century cultural qualities, especially the accentuation on balance and meritocracy. These qualities are communicated through the fragrance theme as it changes as per setting. During the Age of Enlightenment, Paris was the inside for illuminated change. Incidentally Paris was the smelliest spot in all France. As per Perfume's storyteller, the waterways smelled, the commercial center smelled, the places of worship smelled; (Suskind 4).
