LOEWE Just Bottled The Nightmare Before Christmas - Here Is What This Perfume Smells Like

Some stories are too wonderfully strange to stay limited to the screen. They should become personalised, and even worn. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, with its peculiar characters, gothic charm and curious blend of Halloween and Christmas, is one of them. The LOEWE x The Nightmare Before Christmas collaboration brings the 1993 stop-motion classic into the world of fragrance, translating its familiar characters and offbeat aesthetic into a limited-edition Eau de Parfum and a series of sculptural scented candles. It is a meeting of film, fragrance, design and a little of Halloween Town's magic comes along for the ride.

Inside the LOEWE x The Nightmare Before Christmas Collection

LOEWE Moonlight Eau de Parfum

At the centre of the collaboration is LOEWE Moonlight Eau de Parfum, a 100ml fragrance presented in a grey glass bottle with a black cap and a sculptural Cat Jack-in-the-Box figure emerging from the top. The design takes its cues from the film’s playful, slightly eerie aesthetic, making the bottle as much a collectible object as a fragrance. The scent belongs to the gourmand family, with coconut and iris among its listed notes. Inspired by the sweetness of festive treats, Moonlight brings a softer, more indulgent note to a collaboration rooted in Burton’s wonderfully peculiar visual universe.

LOEWE Moonlight Eau de Parfum is priced in India at ₹28,470. 

The Three Scented Candles

The collection also includes three scented candles, each housed in LOEWE’s signature ribbed ceramic vessel. The designs feature Zero, Jack Skellington’s ghost dog; Toy Duck; and Cat Jack-in-the-Box. Their sculptural lids give each candle its own character, while the vessels bring the film’s imagery into the home. The candles draw on the forest setting of the film, with eucalyptus among the fragrance inspirations.

The Inspiration Behind the Collaboration

What makes this collaboration particularly interesting is the way it draws from the original film archive. LOEWE had access to Tim Burton’s original drawings and puppets, using their gestures, expressions and forms as the starting point for the collection. Rather than simply printing familiar characters onto packaging, the house has translated elements of the film into tactile objects that reflect its own approach to craft. The collection is limited edition, with availability subject to stock.

So, if you want an unusual way into Halloween Town, this perfume bottle allows you to become a part of the extended story.