Its a story of a boy whose sense of smell is so powerful, its the only way he perceives the world. Yet he himself has no scent. The main premise of the story is that humans are animals just like every other creature, and rely on scent to lead themselves through life, we however are completely unaware of how big a factor scent plays in our perception of the world.

The boy progresses through the film following scents, unable to be detected by other humans because he himself has no scent. He eventually starts hunting virgin girls because there scent is so pure, and refined that scent into a perfume, which he then uses on himself to make others adore him. When a crowd of people do not believe that scent is such an overwhelmingly important sense, he sprays the perfume upon them, and they immediately break out into an uncontrollable orgy.

Our noses are just too far from the ground to pick up anything interesting.

Also, sharks can smell blood in the water miles away mere seconds after it’s spilled, so don’t underestimate the speed with which olfactory particles can travel. . . though I doubt motor vehicles would develop anything like they have done in a society where smell is as important as sight is to us.

I don’t have much of a sense of smell. Or maybe, I actually do, but I’ve gotten used to a number of scents (the ubiquitous ‘weird odour’ in our house) and have weird tastes in the rest.

Now I have this picture in my head of every car on the road toolin’ along with it’s driver’s face poking out of the window with his/her tongue hanging out and flapping in the breeze…