A film with an officially appointed perfumer is rare. A film perfume still in stock at full price twenty-one months after release is rarer. The Nosferatu fragrance is both — $125 for 30ml, unchanged since launch, available today in the US, the UK and Australia. And if that is too much, the same scent exists as a $28 body wash.
Below: what the perfumer actually said he was trying to make, the full range with verified prices in three markets, and which version to buy.
What a vampire smells like, according to the person who made it
The scent was created by Douglas Little, founder and perfumer of Heretic Parfum, working as the film's official perfumer. What makes this worth writing about is that he explained the brief in unusual detail.
From an interview with Beauty News NYC:
"I was captivated by its redacted, 19th-century color palette, those flashes of light against endless shadow. I wanted to translate that into scent. I imagined what a vampire might truly smell like: lilacs crushed beneath cold stone, iron, candle smoke, and something softly decayed. It's both beautiful and unsettling, a perfume that breathes between life and afterlife."
The brand's own product copy is equally specific about what they refused to do:
"We wanted to move beyond tropes like blood, roses, smoke or candle wax and explore a very different idea of this creature of the night."
That is the interesting decision. The obvious vampire perfume is blood and roses and smoke. This one is damp stone, wet earth after rain, and dying flowers — the smell of a place rather than a creature.
The composition, from Heretic's own listing:
| Top | Lilac, Ambrette |
| Heart | Petrichor, Violet Absolute, Orris Concrete, Cypriol |
| Base | Vegan Ambergris, Oud, Labdanum |
Petrichor — the smell of rain on dry ground — is the note doing the conceptual work. The brand describes the result as "an encounter with an apparition in the cold, damp caves of Count Orlok's castle."
It is worth understanding why that construction is unusual, because it explains who will like this. Most gothic perfumes are built on warmth: incense, resin, amber, dark florals. This one is built on cold and damp. Orris and violet are powdery, slightly earthy, faintly funereal materials rather than seductive ones; petrichor reads as mineral and wet. The oud and labdanum in the base give it body, but they are arriving underneath something that smells like a cellar after rain, not like a candlelit room.
That is a defensible reading of the film's actual atmosphere. The production's whole visual argument is cold — a washed-out, near-monochrome palette, a creature associated with plague and stone rather than with romance. A perfume that smelled like roses and blood would have been describing a different vampire entirely.
Fragrantica's entry is the place to read how it is landing with people who have actually worn it, if you want an opinion that is not the brand's own.
The full range, verified
We checked the brand's live inventory today. The entire range is in stock, which for a film tie-in nearly two years old is unusual enough to be the story.
| Item | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Eau de Parfum, 30ml | $125 | In stock |
| Eau de Parfum, 100ml | $285 | In stock |
| Rollerball, 10ml | $45 | In stock |
| Body Wash, 300ml | $28 | In stock |
| Body Lotion, 300ml | $32 | In stock |
| Pillow Spray, 100ml | $48 | In stock |
| Candle, 6.5oz | $125 | In stock |
| Body Wash + Lotion duo | $48 | In stock |
| Body Wash + Rollerball bundle | $58 | In stock |
The price has not moved. Variety reported the launch price as $125 for 30ml when it went on sale ahead of the film's Christmas 2024 release. It is $125 today. In a category where film tie-ins routinely vanish or get marked down into oblivion, a fragrance holding its launch price for twenty-one months tells you it is selling as a perfume rather than as merchandise.
The Hollywood Reporter's launch coverage adds the physical detail: each 30ml bottle is engraved with Count Orlok's sigil and comes in a black coffer printed with the notes.
Outside the US
This is where most film merchandise falls apart, and where this one holds up.
United Kingdom. NOXO of York stocks it at £116 for 30ml, in stock. ⚠️ Their 100ml at £265 is sold out — do not go looking for it.
Australia. Lore Perfumery has the deepest range outside the US: AUD 230 for 30ml, AUD 518 for 100ml, AUD 89 for the rollerball, AUD 89 for the pillow spray, and — usefully — a sample at AUD 39. All in stock. One warning: their URL says "50ml" but the product is the 30ml. The slug is stale; the product is right.
They also describe it as "our all-time bestselling fragrance" — a small data point, but a retailer's bestseller nearly two years after a film's release is not merchandise behaviour.
Canada. Search demand clearly exists — "nosferatu perfume canada" is a live autocomplete query — but we could not verify a Canadian stockist. Ordering from the brand direct is the route we would check first.
If you cannot have it
This range is unusually good at this, so the advice is concrete rather than consoling.
Start at $28. The body wash carries the same composition for less than a quarter of the entry perfume price. Fragrance in a wash is fleeting by nature — it will not last like an EDP — but as a way to find out whether you actually like petrichor and oud before spending $125, nothing else in this category offers that.
Or AUD 39 for a sample, if you are in Australia. A sample is the correct first purchase for any perfume you have not smelled, and it is genuinely rare for a film tie-in to offer one.
The pillow spray at $48 is the sleeper. A scent built on damp stone and rain is better suited to a room than to a body, and at $48 it is the cheapest way to get the concept at full strength.
What we would not do: buy the 100ml at $285 unsmelled. This is a divisive composition by design — the perfumer set out to make something "unsettling" — and it is not a safe blind buy. The rollerball at $45 or the wash at $28 exist precisely so you do not have to gamble.
One honest caveat. We have verified prices, stock and the perfumer's own statements. We have not smelled it, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What we can tell you is what it is made of, what its maker was trying to do, and that it is still there at the price it launched at.
FAQ
Is there an official Nosferatu perfume? Yes. Heretic Parfum was appointed the film's official perfumer, and founder Douglas Little created the scent. It launched ahead of the film's Christmas 2024 release.
How much does it cost? $125 for 30ml and $285 for 100ml in the US — the same price as at launch. In the UK it is £116 for 30ml; in Australia, AUD 230.
What does it smell like? The perfumer describes "lilacs crushed beneath cold stone, iron, candle smoke, and something softly decayed." The notes are lilac and ambrette on top; petrichor, violet absolute, orris and cypriol at the heart; vegan ambergris, oud and labdanum in the base.
Is it still available? Yes — the entire range reported in stock on 10 August 2026, nearly two years after launch. The only sold-out item we found is the 100ml at the UK stockist.
What is the cheapest way to try it? The $28 body wash in the US, or a AUD 39 sample in Australia. The $45 rollerball is the cheapest way to get the actual perfume.
Can I buy it in the UK or Australia? Yes. NOXO of York has the 30ml at £116 (their 100ml is sold out). Lore Perfumery in Australia carries the widest range including samples.
Is there a Nosferatu candle? Yes, $125 for 6.5oz, in stock. There is also a $48 pillow spray, which suits a scent built around damp stone and rain better than skin does.
Why does a film have an official perfumer? It is unusual. The brand's framing is that the scent is "also an apparition" — an extension of the film's world rather than a souvenir of it, which is also why it has outlived the release by nearly two years.