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A perfect crime leaves no trace. Unless you know the scent of death. For fans of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and The Silent Patient comes a dark, atmospheric forensic thriller about the terrifying price of perfection. Victoria Olind is a disgraced forensic chemist with a unique curse: she sees the world in chemical equations and smells secrets others miss. When male supermodel Liam Ashford is found dead in a pristine penthouse, the police see a tragic overdose. But Victoria smells a lie. Lingering on the victim’s skin is a ghost—a faint, molecularly impossible fragrance that shouldn't exist in nature. It is a signature. It is a murder weapon. The Police Call it "Ambient Noise." She Calls it Evidence. Shut out by the HPD and desperate to prove her theory, Victoria does the unthinkable. She creates a new identity to infiltrate the empire of the prime suspect: Christian Romanoff, the billionaire CEO of Romanoff Cosmetics. Romanoff is a visionary alchemist obsessed with "The Final Fixative"—a compound that doesn't just stop a scent from fading, but halts cellular decay entirely. He isn't looking for a chemist; he is looking for an artist who understands that true beauty must be preserved forever. In the Lab of a Monster, You Are the Experiment. Deep in Romanoff’s underground sanctuary, Victoria uncovers a horror beyond imagination. The secret ingredient in the "Inner Radiance" line isn't a chemical. It is a harvest. As she races to stabilize the unstable formula to gain his trust, Victoria realizes she hasn’t just walked into a killer’s lair—she has become his next candidate for immortality. The launch party for Aura Noir is approaching, and Romanoff is planning to release his masterpiece to the world. It’s not just a perfume. It’s a psycho-chemical declaration of war on the human soul. Can Victoria expose the truth before she becomes a permanent part of the collection? Comparable works include Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and The Silent Patient