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Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Inspires ‘Eau de Macabre’ Perfume That Evokes ‘Uneasy Chill of Encountering an Apparition’


There's a new perfume inspired by the upcoming Robert Eggers vampiric film "Nosferatu."

Heretic Parfum founder Douglas Little concocted the custom scent, also called Nosferatu, through a scientific process that involved viewing the film, historical research and “time period understanding,” according to a press release. Described as “cold, pale and pellucid” and evoking “the uneasy chill of encountering an apparition,” the fragrance aims to conjure the aroma of the dark, possibly smelly, spaces inhabited by Count Orlok himself. Dubbed “Eau de macabre,” the perfume captures the odor of the eternal being with “top notes of lilac and ambrette seed that fall into a heart chord of violet, orris root and petrichor.

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