Hey, sorry I couldn’t reply before. Yes, The Perfume is based on a best-selling book and is a great piece of work. If you look at the poster of the movie in your post you will see that it says so. I can tell you the real joy of reading a book is to read it for the second, third, and many times more. When you read something of the first time it’s always difficult and even painful, but after a second or more reads you understand it more and you begin to love it, even if it’s not perfect. Same happens with movies, if it’s a good one, of course, you start noticing those little details you couldn’t catch when you saw it for the first time. I did a little review this year about The Perfume, you can find it on this link: https://ecency.com/hive-180164/@thereadingman/here-they-are-the-10-96162100bf6ff Hope you like it!