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One of the best-selling purely literary novels in Germany in the 20th century, Juskind, the author of "Perfume", is a fable that expresses the fear of human existence and deeply reveals the spiritual dilemma of lonely individuals in an alienated society. Jonathan is a janitor at a bank in Paris. After experiencing the Nazis' reign of terror, the suffering of the war, and his wife's elopement, he became very timid. One morning, Jonathan opened the door to prepare for a new day of ordinary life. The arrival of an uninvited guest disturbed his inner peace, causing him to feel inexplicable tension, panic and despair. The novel uses traditional writing methods, skillful techniques and extremely delicate psychological descriptions to depict the protagonist's inner confusion and life tragedy. It uses an allegorical story to reveal the spiritual crisis faced by contemporary people. It reflects the anxiety of modern Western society losing its universal sense of security and the fear of human survival, as well as the author's deep thinking on the philosophical proposition of "existence".