Robbins calls Jitterbug Perfume an epic. It is also a saga, and a saga must have a hero. The hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a great-horned god. Some people actually believe that the liquid in the bottle is--the secret essence of the universe? Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.