Perfume was a novel by Suskind from Germany, published in 1927. The novel tells the story of a young girl, Anna Karenina, from a small town to a big city, looking for herself and happiness in the industrial society and the strong smell of perfume. Through Anna's experience, the novel reveals the drawbacks of European society and the distortion of human nature at that time. In the novel, Anna was given a perfect image, but her heart was full of contradictions and pain. She constantly pursued beauty and purity, but eventually fell into a cycle of self-destruction. Perfume was a literary work full of philosophical thinking. It deeply explored the contradictions and desires of human hearts and the impact of industrial society on people's physical and mental health. The novel became one of the most influential novels in the 20th century with its unique narrative style and profound ideology.