What age is Perfumes (Les Parfums) appropriate for?

8 alone, 7 with a parent; 8 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Perfumes (Les Parfums) not recommended under 8?

What's in it: our reading; a diva, a driver, cigarettes. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Perfumes (Les Parfums): what age is it for? 8 alone, 7 with a parent

8 alone, 7 with a parent.

Movie · 2020 · 1 h 40 · comedy, drama

YRS

The trailer

Alone, or with you

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralone

Alone from 8; from 7, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

In France, zinema would say 8.

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What it's about

Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, with a strong temper. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her. No doubt this is the reason why she does not fire him.

Why 8

Our readingA perfume diva and her driver, some fifteen swear words and nothing else: eight, seven with an adult.
reading
A diva, a driver, cigarettesAn odious perfume creator and her driver who is fighting for custody of his daughter; some fifteen swear words, plenty of cigarettes and wine, a custody ruling. Nothing worrying.

What the movie brings

The perfumer's trade, explained through smells: a cave, a leather, a rose.
Two lonelinesses taming each other, with no love story.
A father who wants custody of his daughter and learns to be present.

Watching it together

Before

Nothing to prepare; ask your child which smell they would choose to describe the house.

After

at 8 and up

Anne smells everything and cannot stand anyone: does her gift make her happy?

See the facts

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A zinema reading from September 19, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made