Tywker has brought Patrick Suskind's widely popular literary historical horror masterpiece Perfume, to the big screen. On top of managing seemingly impossible, he has also managed to deliver an entertaining film that captures the imagination without playing for cheap and easy thrills.

Talented British newcomer Ben Whishaw weighs in with an impressive turn as a Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a young 18th century Frenchman blessed with an extraordinary sense of smell and a unique talent for discerning the scents that swirl around him. Born without an odour of his own, Grenouille endeavors to manufacture the perfect perfume from flesh of murdered virgin and sets off on a journey that takes him from the putrid streets o Paris to the paradise of perfume that is Grasse.

Obsessed with the idea of preserving the human scent-something that he considers the soul of a person-he begins murdering beautiful young women, whose beautiful bouquet turns his head, in order to distill their smell .

When 12 young girls are found murdered, panics rule as the people as Grasse rush to protect their daughters. Oblivious to the clamor around him, an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille continues his quest to create the ultimate perfume: a human scent that is simply irresistible to all who come into contact with it.

With able support from Dustin Hoffman - excellent as the master perfumer Baldini who takes Grenouille under his wing- Alan Rickman and the gorgoes Rachel Hurd-Wood, plus an incredible, climatic scene that is likely to enter cinema here, Perfume come s across as thoroughly enjoyable fare with a fresh and original.