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When using unicode character data there are two alternatives -
either your database supports unicode characters (including setting
the utf8 flag on the returned string), or you need to encode/decode
data appropriately each time a string field is inserted into or
retrieved from the database. It is better to avoid
encoding/decoding data and to use your database's own unicode
capabilities if at all possible.

Most modern databases handle Unicode natively. Ensure your database
connection is configured for UTF-8 (e.g. C<pg_enable_utf8> for
PostgreSQL, C<mysql_enable_utf8mb4> for MySQL).

The following databases do correctly handle unicode data:-

=head3 MySQL

MySQL supports unicode, and will correctly flag utf8 data from the
database if the C<mysql_enable_utf8> is set in the connect options.

  my $schema = My::Schema->connection('dbi:mysql:dbname=test',
                                      $user, $pass,
                                      { mysql_enable_utf8 => 1} );

When set, a data retrieved from a textual column type (char,
varchar, etc) will have the UTF-8 flag turned on if necessary. This
enables character semantics on that string. You will also need to
ensure that your database / table / column is configured to use
UTF8. See Chapter 10 of the mysql manual for details.

See L<DBD::mysql> for further details.

=head3 Oracle