Jmenoval se Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a pokud bylo dnes jeho jméno zapomenuto... bylo to jen proto, že jeho veškeré ambice se omezovaly na to, co nenachává... stopy v historii.
His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. And if his name has been forgotten today, it is for the sole reason... that his entire ambition was restricted to a domain... that leaves no trace in history: