Heretic Parfum Launches Limited-Edition NOSFERATU Scent

Heretic Parfum celebrates the historical release of Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated film, NOSFERATU, only in theaters this Christmas, with a limited-edition scent.  

Inspired by the film, the custom scent, also titled NOSFERATU, is a collaboration between Focus Features and perfumer Douglas Little. Through viewing the film, historical research, and time period understanding, Little was able to bring the essence of NOSFERATU into a fragrance while exploring the question:

What does a vampire smell like?

A scent as atmospheric as the film, the perfume transports the wearer into the dark spaces inhabited by Count Orlok himself. The Eau de macabre opens with top notes of lilac and ambrette seed that fall into a heart chord of violet, orris root and petrichor. The mysterious dry-down is woven around vegan ambergris and Oud absolute.

Described as, cold, pale and pellucid, the fragrance evokes the uneasy chill of encountering an apparition.  

The cap of each 30ml bottle is engraved with Count Orlok’s sigil and comes packaged in an exquisite black coffret complete with printed fragrance notes and inspiration.  

This is a limited-edition release that is sure to be highly collectable for any cinephile, vampire enthusiast or lover of NOSFERATU.

Heretic Parfum’s NOSFERATU is available starting tomorrow, Thursday, October 31st, on the website here. Pricing is set at $125, 30mL.  

About Douglas Little/Heretic Parfum:

Respected and admired as creative director, product designer, and innovator, the truth is, the career and essence of Douglas Little has taken many art forms. With a storied background specializing in the interpretation of brands’ signature messaging, Little has created trend-setting products, dramatic window displays, and is a master of visual communication and storytelling. Of note his architectural expertise and fragrance have always been incorporated in his projects.

In 2016 Douglas embraced his lifelong obsession with fragrances and launched Heretic, a 100% natural, artisanal fragrance brand that develops scents based on the mysterious, sensual and feral aspects of nature. He uses ancient perfumery traditions, and all scents are handcrafted in his Los Angeles studio. The non-gendered collection is available at GOOP, Credo Beauty, Nordstrom, Maxfield LA and many more high-end retailers. Douglas describes the Heretic Parfum scents as seductive, mysterious, haunting, exotically beautiful, and for those who do not conform.

In 2017 Douglas began a collaboration with Gwyneth Paltrow to develop the award-winning Goop fragrances. The line of sophisticated fragrances and candles created from natural ingredients is sexy, healing and transformative.