The Perfume of Yvonne

The Perfume of Yvonne

A romance set in the summer of 1958.

199486 min5.6 / 10

A languid, ambiguous summer romance set among the wealthy and beautiful, where desire and deception intertwine beneath a veneer of elegance.

It is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. But in a season full of secrets, is truth the most elusive passion of all?

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