'Perfume' chronicles one week in the lives of over a dozen people involved in the magazine and entertainment business of New York City. The central characters include Italian designer Lorenzo Mancini (Paul Sorvino) who learns that he's dying from cancer and decides to get his affairs in order with his wife Irine (Sonia Braga) and his business partner Guido (Peter Gallagher). Lorenzo's son Mario (Michael Sorvino) is a recording promoter who's latest client is hip-hop rapper J.B. (Omar Epps). Roberta (Rita Wilson)is a designer hard-pressed to fill out a latest dress design for the next Broadway show her group is putting on. Other characters are Jamie (Jeff Goldblum), a crafty agent whose latest client, Camille (Leslie Mann) finds success but affects their relationship in ways he never planned and fails to deal with. Leese Hotton (Mariel Hemmingway) is a has-been model/actress trying to make a comeback into the spotlight; Janice Crawford (Joanne Baron) is a wealthy publisher and control freak whose problems escalate with the arrival of her estranged teenage daughter Halley (Michelle Williams) whom Janice abandoned her and everything else for her career years ago.

All the dialog was created by the actors.

Written by Adam Plack
Performed by Lush
Published by Yalumba Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Australian Music Int'l