"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" is a filmization of Patrick Süskind's novel "Das Parfum". I don't know about any good translations into English (well, you've got the movie at least), but for those fond of German language I can really recommend reading it.
I liked the movie, but I liked the book even more :)
I believe you. Original is alwqys better, but i can speak only czech or english.