LOEWE Perfumes introduces a special holiday collection inspired by Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, bringing the film’s distinctive characters into the house’s fragrance and home scent collections. Arriving November 12, 2026, the limited-edition release includes a new Eau de Parfum and three scented candles featuring collectible sculptural details inspired by Cat Jack-in-the-Box, Toy Duck, and Zero.
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The collaboration draws from the original 1993 Disney film, whose unusual characters, miniature sets, and stop-motion animation established its recognisable visual identity. LOEWE gained access to the film’s archive, including original sketches and puppets, to develop a collection that references the handmade techniques behind the production.
The centrepiece of the collection is LOEWE Moonlight Eau de Parfum, a new fragrance combining gourmand sweetness with soft, powdery notes. Inspired by the comforting scents associated with holiday treats, the composition brings together coconut, iris, and warm amber.
Coconut introduces a creamy sweetness, while iris gives the perfume its powdery character. Amber adds warmth to the composition, creating a fragrance designed around the familiar sensory associations of the festive season.
The presentation takes inspiration from one of the film’s most unusual characters, Cat Jack-in-the-Box. Moonlight arrives in a grey glass flask with a black cap that references the character’s mechanical toy construction. A silver-toned sculptural figure emerges from the top, transforming the fragrance bottle into a decorative collectible.
The design connects the perfume to the film through a recognisable character while retaining LOEWE’s approach to sculptural fragrance packaging. Its playful construction makes the bottle an important part of the collection’s identity.
Alongside Moonlight, LOEWE introduces three scented candles featuring Cat Jack-in-the-Box, Toy Duck, and Zero. Each candle uses the house’s signature ribbed ceramic vessel, finished in black or grey glaze.
The designs feature purple, silver, or pale green lids, topped with silver-toned figures representing the three characters. The sculptural details introduce elements of the film’s fantasy imagery into objects intended for everyday interiors.
All three candles share the same eucalyptus fragrance, selected to reference the forest setting from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Its fresh, green, and minty character evokes the mysterious woodland passages leading into the Hinterlands.
The eucalyptus composition also offers a different olfactory direction from the sweet, powdery warmth of Moonlight, allowing the collection to explore two contrasting scent profiles through perfume and home fragrance.
The original The Nightmare Before Christmas relied on physical puppets, articulated figures, and miniature sets to create its stop-motion animation. Characters moved frame by frame, with individual components carefully constructed to produce the film’s distinctive appearance.
LOEWE’s collection references these production methods through sculptural bottle details, ceramic vessels, and character-inspired ornaments. The original archive provided a starting point for translating the film’s visual elements into fragrance objects.
With Moonlight Eau de Parfum and the three eucalyptus candles, the collection introduces a beauty and home fragrance interpretation of the film, designed for collectors and fragrance enthusiasts alike.
LOEWE Perfumes x Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas will be available in stores and online beginning November 12, 2026.
