Novels like The Master Perfumer
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Master Perfumer, best match first.
- 1 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 2 Wine and Beauty Are Irresistible 酒色撩人 Urban Life + Romance + Flirtation + Ex-Girlfriend Regrets It + One Female Lead (Not a wish-fulfillment story. No formulaic tropes, plot-focused, and slow-paced. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) Money gives a man courage, and only a man with courage dares to chase women. A poor young man has a one-night stand and unexpectedly becomes a father. He then falls in love with a rich heiress. And so begins a hilarious, heartwarming tale! 372Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 3 I Sat at the Wrong Table on a Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying a Cool CEO at First Sight 相亲坐错桌，我闪婚了冷艳女总裁 [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Male Lead Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger] She sat at the wrong table on a blind date, and the beautiful woman immediately named her price. “Thirty thousand for one night?” The beautiful woman replied, “Thirty thousand a month, as a trial. If you satisfy me, I’ll pay you three hundred thousand a month.” “Miss, you’re tempting me to commit a crime!” “If you think you’re up to it, we can get right to the point and go register our marri 679Reads6.5Score10714d adds
- 4 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 5 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 173Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 6 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.3kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 7 My Love, from Chongqing to Shenzhen 我的爱从重庆到深圳 One heroine, multiple supporting female characters A sugary-sweet romance + sunny outlook + everyday love + plenty of affection On the train home for the New Year, the male lead, Ma Xuan, meets a stunning beauty. He never expects that a devastating snowstorm will bring them together, leaving their train stranded on the tracks for three or four days. The story begins in the train car where he and the beauty are traveling. Though the two outstanding young people love each other, they must both f 56Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 8 The Promise Between Me and the Goddess 我和女神有个约定 Also known as: "My Number 14 Pet Shop" A stubborn woman barged into my life. She could have stayed a goddess, but instead she insisted on living under the same roof as me... I love listening to G.E.M.’s song “Bubble.” Whenever it comes on, I listen closely to every word she sings. Bubbles in the sunlight are colorful, just like how I was happy even as I was being deceived. Why dwell on right and wrong in your lies, when you still love me? Beautiful bubbles, though they flare up for only an insta 1.2kReads8.3Score10814d adds
- 9 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.6kReads7.8Score38314d adds
- 10 My Ex-Wife Vs. My Ex-Girlfriend: I Sit Back and Drink 前妻PK前女友，我在一旁喝大酒 [Urban] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Entirely Handmade] My name is Hao Qilai. My ex-girlfriend burned funeral offerings for me, and my ex-wife made me spend two years as a carrot inspector. Recently, I became a lifeguard at a seaside bathing beach, selling balloons on the side while collecting rent. I thought this was all life had in store for me, until the day I rescued my landlady and my ex-girlfriend. My ex-wife was there too. And things got even crazier: in the game I play, the 46Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 11 My Spoiled, Bossy Female CEO 我的刁蛮女总裁 He doesn't know what love is. When one relationship after another comes his way unexpectedly, he decides to choose one and love wholeheartedly. Yet whenever he feels happiness is just around the corner, he discovers that it's nothing more than a cruel joke played by fate. Swept along by destiny, he wanders through a life of hardship before returning to where he began, only to find that nothing has changed. The confusion of being human, the anguish of loving someone you cannot have: perhaps life 57Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 12 The Wife I Met at the Civil Affairs Bureau Turned Out to Be a Millionaire 民政局捡到的老婆竟然是个富婆 Zhao Muyuan was delivering divorce papers to his boss when he found himself a wife outside the Civil Affairs Bureau. “Why do you carry your household registration booklet around with you?” Xiang Qiu was at a loss for words. Zhao Muyuan held the booklet, eagerly waiting for her to act on impulse. “Congratulations, you are now legally married.” 1.7kReads6.6Score24714d adds
- 13 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.8kReads8.4Score41314d adds
- 14 Those Years I Was the Big Brother 我当的哥那些年 Yang Rui, a struggling online novelist, applied to become a Didi rideshare driver so he could make ends meet and stop sponging off his parents. He thought it would just be a way to earn some extra money, but he never imagined that over the years he spent behind the wheel, he'd enjoy one stroke of good luck after another and meet benefactors who would help him rise... 192Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 15 The Wife at Thirty 三十之妻 “Dad... Dad, a bad man is hitting Mom... Waaaah...” His three-year-old daughter called him, sobbing. “Don’t cry, sweetheart. Where are you?” Chen Fei was frantic with worry. “We’re at home. Dad, hurry and save Mom!” His daughter was crying her heart out. Just as Chen Fei was about to ask more, he heard screams coming through the phone... 303Reads8.0Score13314d adds
- 16 The Legend of Lu Yifei 陆伊飞传奇 Set in a major metropolis, this realistic romance tells the deeply moving story of a love that sinks into the bones. It's a legendary love story that will make young people today reflect and find inspiration. One day, in an office building's elevator lobby, the male lead meets a newly arrived employee. The heroine is beautiful and comes from a wealthy family, making her the object of every man's affections. As fate would have it, their respective companies both travel to Hangzhou for an exhibi 12Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 17 Life at Thirty 人生三十 My career went bankrupt, and my beloved wife betrayed me! There’s no such thing as an easy life for adults. No transmigrating, no being reborn. No wishful fantasies, just reality. Keeping my feet on the ground, taking one step at a time, I’ll turn things around against the odds and rise to the top! This one’s for readers born in the ’80s. If you’re thin-skinned or haven’t been battered by life, read at your own risk! Better not read it! 21.9kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 18 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 19 We Agreed to Date, Not Move In Together. Why Are You Taking This Seriously?! 说好只交往不同居，你咋玩真的！ (One female lead + urban slice of life + mutual flirting and pursuit + workplace wish fulfillment + no System) After getting involved with a pure yet alluring goddess right from the start, Gu Ming was immediately branded a kept man. Burdened by an unspoken difficulty, he had no choice but to propose a hasty arrangement in order to convince her to agree. "We can date, but we don't live together. That's not an unreasonable request, right?" Instead, he got nothing but mockery and contempt from her. 567Reads—Score12014d adds
- 20 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年，我爱过的女人 After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score33314d adds
- 21 The Goddess’s Close-Protection Guard 女神的近身护卫 After an “accident,” Xiao Zheng is pursued and pressured into marriage by the icy female CEO who everyone knows. He also smoothly joins Xin’ao Corporation, nicknamed the “Kingdom of Women,” and begins an exciting life surrounded by all kinds of beautiful women. The icy goddess, the fierce tigress, the gentle female boss, the playful student… Hey! I’m a married man! Show some respect! A friendly tip: This book is hilarious and action-packed, with the occasional heartwarming moment. It’s suitable 19.4kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 22 Spend Money, Get Cash Back: I Spoil My Wife Rotten 花钱就返现：我宠妻上头 [Rich and generous tycoon + System + sweet couple moments] Leng Qianqian found out that her brother-in-law was a kept man and earnestly tried to persuade her sister to divorce him. But then she met Fang Luo. With a casual wave of his hand, he gave her sister a Maserati worth tens of millions. She was completely stunned. Wait... He doesn’t work? He doesn’t make money? And her sister supports him? It was all an illusion! Her brother-in-law was clearly the most handsome treasure of a husband 2.2kReads8.7Score20814d adds
- 23 Wait, Bro? A Yandere Heiress Ties You Up and You Still Don't Run? 不是！哥们？病娇财阀绑你都不跑 [No System, No Rebirth] + [One Female Lead] + [Everyday Life] + [So Sweet It Makes Your Teeth Ache] + [Devoted Wife Who Spoils Her Husband] + [Love Rival Showdowns] + [Slightly Yandere] Nine years with his childhood sweetheart end with her saying, “I won't waste your tenth year.” After a night of drinking, Gu Cheng only wants to shut his heart off and never love again. When he wakes up, he's in a hotel bed. Gu Cheng has no idea that the woman before him, Shen Yuan, is a wealthy tycoon with asset 1.8kReads7.0Score11214d adds
- 24 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.4kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 25 My Landlady 我的房客大小姐 After getting dumped, a young man with nothing to his name left the city and opened an inn in Dali. His life took an unexpected turn, and amid romance and scenic beauty, a tangled love story unfolded. 2.6kReads9.4Score17814d adds
- 26 Kunming: Who Will You Forget Tonight? 昆明：今夜你将谁遗忘 We shared so many beautiful firsts; But we couldn’t escape The last time, long foretold by fate... If I never get the chance to start over, I still wouldn’t want to miss you! 11.6kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 27 The Girl He Brought Home Walked into My Room 他带回的女生，走进了我房间 The girl he brought home walked into my room 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Sorry, We Don't Talk About Love After Dark 对不起，夜深不说爱 I didn’t care that people said I’d married up by latching onto a goddess, and I didn’t care that they called me a poor country boy who’d married into wealth. But when my wife’s best friend’s husband came looking for me, I realized I’d been naive. My wife, it turned out, really knew how to “enjoy” life… 12.2kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 29 My Billionaire Mom Claims Me: I'm a Super-Rich Second-Generation Heir 首富亲妈认亲：我是超级富二代 [No System] [Purely urban] [Smart protagonist] [Grounded and realistic] Have you ever wondered... What if you weren’t the child of an ordinary family after all, but a super-rich heir from an incredibly wealthy family? Su Yang had always believed he was an utterly ordinary person. When he was little, his father told him that his mother had died before he was old enough to remember her. Then, when he was in middle school, his father died in a car accident, leaving him all alone. Until the day just 21.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 My Stunning Heiress 我的倾城大小姐 After beating up a perverted professor in a fit of anger, he is forced to drop out and sell barbecue. But then he keeps running into a cool, elegant CEO, a pure-hearted rich girl, and even his ex-girlfriend, who has been waiting for him all along... Caught in a whirlpool of romance, which way will he go? 6.3kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 31 Neon Taipei: My Seven-Year Descent 霓虹台北：我的七年堕落实录 6.5kReads7.4Score50914d adds
- 32 The Ice-Cold CEO Spoils Me to No End 冷艳女总把我宠上天 The Ice-Queen CEO Spoils Me Rotten 385Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 37.9kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 34 I Claimed a Cute Kid and Won Big 认领萌娃后，我赢麻了。 After Claiming a Little One, I Won Big. 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Irresistible Girlfriend 我的极品女友 After suffering through several heartbreaks, he lived a miserable, dejected life. By chance, he found a briefcase and discovered that its owner was a beautiful woman. The two met at a coffee shop, then grew close when the rain brought them together. After several chance encounters, perhaps fate really had brought them together, and love was about to bloom. A poor loser fights his way back in love, as a tangled romance is about to unfold. 37.7kReads9.5Score4.2k14d adds
- 36 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
- 37 My Desk Mate, Just Like the Old Days 念你如初的同桌 My Deskmate, Just Like the Old Days 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Urban Miracle Doctor: From the Start, I Tore Up Nine Marriage Contracts in a Rage 都市神医：开局怒撕九张婚书 Jiang Yu says, whatever you do, don’t compare yourself to me. As for medicine, my skills are second to none, and my touch can bring the dying back to life. As for strength, I’m unmatched, and no one of my generation can hold a candle to me. I’m the very definition of a winner in life. 13.9kReads9.0Score89714d adds
- 39 Let's Divorce! You Really Think I'm Some Kind of Toad? 离婚吧！真当我是癞蛤蟆？ Not a power fantasy. Please read with caution if that bothers you. Chu Yuxuan has been married to Xia Zhu for two years. He thought there was no heart in the world that couldn’t be warmed, until her old flame returns and Xia Zhu rushes to him without a second thought… After the divorce, Chu Yuxuan returns to the Chu family and transforms into a wealthy, spoiled playboy. At his family’s arrangement, he marries the icy beauty Zhao Yanan. On the surface, he’s a good-for-nothing wastrel, but behind 48.7kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 40 Falling for a Tough Girl From the Urban Village 爱上城中村女痞子 He's a country boy who made it big; she's a rich second-generation city girl. He's an honest man; she's a tough-talking tomboy. His defining traits are being poor and stubborn. He lives in a tiny room in an urban village, and at twenty-seven, he's still single. She's genuinely tough, with money, looks, and a whole group of young, beautiful bodyguards and girlfriends. They should never have crossed paths. But one chance late-night entanglement brought their fates together, and they fell in l 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.4kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds
- 42 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 405Reads8.1Score1314d adds
- 43 Reborn, My Goddess Counselor Wants to Have My Baby 重生后，女神辅导员要给我生孩子 Chen Jianghe leaped from the 89th floor and, against all odds, was reborn. It was 2006. The stock market was booming, the property market was thriving, the economy was hot, and opportunities were everywhere. That year, Chen Jianghe had just started his freshman year of college. “Chen Jianghe, your courage in confessing your feelings last night was admirable. But you’ve only just started college, and it’s too soon to be dating. I hope you’ll focus your energy on your studies. Once you enter the 35.1kReads9.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 44 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 198.5kReads8.9Score9.7k14d adds
- 45 Who Put a Celebrity in My Trunk? 谁往我车后备箱塞了个女明星？ One day, Xu Mo was getting off work as usual when he heard a noise coming from the trunk. He opened it and took a look. A famous actress had been tossed into the trunk, bound hand and foot! What he didn’t know was that countless cameras were pointed at him. This was a brand-new kind of show. The first ordinary person selected was caught in less than an hour. But once Xu Mo was chosen, things started to take a different turn. “Holy crap, that’s not how the script goes! Xu Mo is way too intense. H 33.1kReads8.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 46 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 178.5kReads9.1Score8.7k14d adds
- 47 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 88Reads—Score114d adds
- 48 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 The Original Sin of Kindness 37Reads—Score214d adds
- 50 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 59Reads—Score1014d adds
