Summer 1996. Nicolas is staying with his Aunt Rose who is in mourning. To pass the time, Nicholas helps her look after her garden and discovers a passion for botany. Like the majority of teenagers, he is searching for his identity and asks her many questions.

With Perfume of Lilacs, we are submerged into the mind of a teenager in the full throes of puberty and emerging sexuality, where sometimes shocking decisions are made without regard to consequences.