"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" is a 2006 German psychological thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Patrick Süskind. The film stars Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, and Alan Rickman. The movie tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a young man with an extraordinary sense of smell, who becomes obsessed with capturing the perfect scent and commits a series of gruesome murders in 18th-century France.