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Costa's Audio Book “CAB” presents
Patrick Süskind "Perfume: The story of a Murderer" 40th Anniversary
Translated by John E. Woods

《讀你聽2.2》一月呈獻
《香水：一個謀殺犯的故事》四十周年紀念
德國作家Patrick Süskind 於1985年創作的歷史奇幻小說
探討嗅覺與氣味對情感的意義
故事主角出生於十八世紀巴黎 備受冷落的孤兒
擁有異常敏銳的嗅覺
能分辨世界上的無數氣味 成為一名香水師
當他遇上一位擁有無比奇妙香氣的少女後
不由自主捲入了謀殺漩渦
本作已被翻譯成四十九種語言 全球銷量超過兩千萬本
是二十世紀最暢銷的德語小說之一
1987年榮獲世界奇幻文學獎和 PEN 翻譯獎
附注：2025年度周年紀念作 包括
Perfume, The Great Gatsby, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Don Quixote Volume I & II, Metamorphosis, Jane Eyre, The Brothers Karamazov

Part I, 17-22
00:22 十七 Baldini香水自此大賣 生意進入分部門經營 主角跟老匠專心在實驗室研發新產品 而老匠刻意要求所有配方采用器具 數字進行 悉心記下 好讓他可以參與製作 乃至據爲己有 然而主角心思並不止於此
12:38 十八 主角一方面製作多種香氣製品 另一方面享受提煉實驗 蒸餾非常不簡單 需要大量器具 火力和時間 老匠也樂在其中 閑時暢飲 分享往昔 只是主角只在意實驗結果 幻想製成品猶如伊甸園一般脫俗
22:04 十九 並不了解蒸餾只是將複雜物質分離為揮發性和非揮發性成分 僅適用於含有揮發性精油的植物 對於缺乏精油的物質 蒸餾變得毫無意義 爲此而屢次失敗的主角 終於發病了
26:05 二十 全身麻疹膿皰 找來醫生診斷 結果是末期 老匠人萬念俱灰 所有飛黃騰達瞬間灰飛烟滅 恨不得掐死這病人 此時主角虛弱發話 問出提煉的其他方法 老匠回答後 主角欣然入睡 膿皰不治而愈
37:52 二十一 老匠人的光輝時代來臨 香水傳遍整個歐洲 下半生衣食無休 然而主角的學徒資格卻因爲出身卑微而落空 三年過去 主角在簽訂保密協議後 老匠方發放學徒證明 讓主角回復自由身 離開巴黎上路
43:25 二十二 隨著主角孤身上路 老匠人不禁鬆一口氣 内心交織着不安與慚愧 最終還是自我安慰 安然入睡 Baldini以七十高齡 隨著居所大樓倒塌而告終 一切有關主角香水的事跡 亦隨空氣飄散而去

Main Characters (in order of appearance)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - gifted yet deeply disturbed, an orphan with extraordinary sense of smell
Father Terrier - a priest, briefly cares for Grenouille as a baby but is eager to rid himself of the unnerving babe
Madame Gaillard - cold and detached caretaker, took care of Grenouille after Terrier for a few years, driven by practicality rather than affection, died penniless
Grimal - a harsh and exploitative tanner, traded Grenouille from Gaillard as cheap labor, later traded him off for 20 gold, soon drowned drunk
Giuseppe Baldini - perfumer and glover, while his odor collection exceeds his capacity, struggles to create new perfume, he then made a fortune and fame by using Grenouille, after releasing his piper, died of building collapse

Other characters: Grenouille's mother, La Fosse the officer, Jeanne Bussie the wet nurse, Jacques Lorreur the helper, teenage girl with alluring scent, Chenier the assistant, Count Verhamont, Pélissier the perfumer, Count d’Argenson, Feydeau de Brou, Giuseppe's wife Teresa

Costa's notes
Parvenu n,derog a person of humble origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity 暴發戶 (PAR ven nue)
Incipient adj beginning to happen or develop 早期 初期 (in SIP pient)
Pestle n a heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, typically in a mortar 杵 (PES sle)
Cipher n a person of no importance, especially one who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own 為人所利用的小人物 無名小卒 無足輕重 (CY fer, like cyprus)
Argus-eyed adj very vigilant or observant
Prerequisite n a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist 先決條件 前提 (PRE req qui sit)
Frankincense n an aromatic gum resin obtained from an African tree and burnt as incense 乳香 (FRANK kin cense)
Shellac n a resinous substance (obtained from the lac insect) melted into thin flakes, used for making varnish 蟲膠漆 (shel LAC)
Poudre impermle n, fr waterproof powder
Cascarilla n the aromatic bark of a West Indian shrub (Croton eluteria) of the spurge family used especially for making incense and as a tonic 香苦木 (CAS car rilla)
Periwig n a highly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both women and men and retained by judges and barristers as part of their professional dress 高級假髮 (PERI wig)
Spanish fly n a toxic preparation of the dried bodies of Spanish fly beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac 西班牙金蒼蠅
Distillate n something formed by distillation 餾出物 蒸餾液 (DIS til let)
Camisard n one of the French Protestant insurgents of the Cévennes who early in the 18th century rebelled against Louis XIV on account of the persecutions that followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes 卡米撒派 (CAM mis sar)
Clayey adj containing or resembling clay 黏質土 (CLAY yee)
Fecund adj producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth, highly fertile 多產肥沃 生殖力旺盛 (FEC cund)
Carte blanche n complete freedom to act as one wishes 全權 絕對自主權
Stadio ultimo phr, latin final stage
Prognosis n the likely course of a medical condition 預後 預斷 (prog NO sis)
Cadaver n a corpse (ca DA ver)
Cohort n a supporter or companion; a group of people with a shared characteristic; v divide (people) into groups with shared characteristics 追隨者 支持者 黨羽 (CO hort)
Throttle v attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them; control (an engine or vehicle) with a throttle; n a device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine; a person's throat, gullet, or windpipe 掐死
Indenture n a legal agreement, contract, or document; an agreement binding an apprentice to a master 簽訂契約（尤指做學徒）
Musk n a strong-smelling reddish-brown substance which is secreted by the male musk deer for scent-marking and is an important ingredient in perfumery 麝香
Pay the piper idiom accepting responsibility for one's actions or paying the consequences for something 承擔後果
to wit phr namely, that is to say 即是

Complete Collection: 
The Great Gatsby, And Then There Were None, Jekyll and Hyde, Maigret, 1984, The Metamorphosis, Dracula, Don Quixote, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Diary of a Young Girl, Lord of the Flies, Liar's Poker, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sparkling Cyanide, 4.50 from Paddington, Great Expectations

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