With the Christmas season becoming closer every day, the hunt for the best Advent calendars has already begun, with fragrance Advent calendars becoming a more and more popular choice. Imagine waking up every day and opening the door of your Advent calendar and discovering a new perfume, candle, shower gel and more in a variety of sensational scents. Fragrance and perfume Advent calendars will allow you to discover new favourites or fall back in love with old ones, adding an extra layer of excitement to the Christmas countdown.
Best fragrance Advent calendars at a glance:
Best luxury fragrance Advent calendar
Best budget fragrance Advent calendar
When it comes to what’s inside these luxury Advent calendars, it’ll vary based on the type. Typically, if you’ve gone for a specific perfume Advent calendar, it will feature a carefully cured selection of mini perfumes and travel-sized fragrances. With more general fragrance Advent calendars, you’ll typically get a wider variety of products for both body and home, including miniature reed diffusers, body oils, room sprays, shampoos and conditions, body crèmes and so much more. In both of these types of Advent calendars, you may even get full-sized products towards Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as an extra special treat.
Fragrance Advent calendars are great for perfume lovers who are looking to expand their scent collection and beauty buffs who want to discover new products. They’re also a good gift for anyone who enjoys pampering with a touch of luxury. Whether you’re wanting to treat yourself or a loved one, we’ve rounded up all the best fragrance and perfume Advent calendars for 2024.
Best fragrance Advent calendars
Best overall fragrance Advent calendar
www.jomalone.co.uk
The Jo Malone Brand is much loved for its timeless scents so it's no wonder that the Jo Malone Advent Calendar is one that is eagerly anticipated by fans and sells out super quickly. There are 25 scented surprises behind each door, including mini colognes, candles, hand washes and body crémes in some of the classic Jo Malone fragrances, such as Blackberry & Bay, English Pear & Freesia and Pomegranate Noir. Plus, as an extra special treat, a 30ml festive fragrance to have you smelling like the season.
Best for mix of products
www.thewhitecompany.com
Another widely anticipated fragrance Advent Calendar is the White Company Advent Calendar. The calendar is designed to look like White Company's store with 25 pull-out drawers inside so you can reuse it year after year. It's packed with fan favourites like hand creams and washes, and candles, as well as a rollerball and eau de toilette fragrance in festive scents, such as Winter and Fir Tree, as well as classics like Seychelles.
Best luxury fragrance Advent calendar
www.diptyqueparis.com
This exceptionally beautiful Advent calendar is by Diptyque. Its design is reminiscent of a sewing box with sides that open up like wings - it's definitely one you'll want to store trinkets or jewellery in once Christmas is over. Behind each of its differently sized draws, you'll find room sprays, candles, and eau de toilette and Eau de Parfum fragrances with some in limited edition scents that are just for Christmas.
Best budget fragrance Advent calendar
avon.uk.com
Your home will literally smell like Christmas with the Avon Home Fragrance 12-day Advent Calendar. Think festive spice and wintery vanilla scents in wax melts, tea lights, fragrance oils, diffusers and more. There are only 12 days in this Advent calendar so you can spread out the door opening or unveil them all at once - we promise we won't tell Santa!
Best fragance Advent calendar for body and home
Ritualswww.rituals.com
Have your body smelling lovely from head to toe as well as your home with the 24-day Rituals Deluxe Advent Calendar. A cleansing foam, body oil, antiperspirant, body lotion, a foaming shower gel and more will take care of your body while the mini candles and mini fragrance sticks will keep your home beautifully scented. There are two full products included, plus limited edition treats and a new shampoo and body bar to give you and your home a pamper.
Best fragrance Advent calendar for seasonal scents
ARRANarran.com
If you're a lover of a fresh fragrance, this Advent calendar will be the one for you. ARRAN's Advent calendar is full of limited edition seasonal fragrances, and it will leave you feeling pampered every day up to and including Christmas as there are 25 doors to open. Discover shower gels, shampoos, conditions, an Eau de Parfum and more.
Best perfume Advent calendars
Best for sharing
The Fragrance Shopwww.thefragranceshop.co.uk
With a mix of best-selling fragrances for DKNY, Marc Jacobs and Ghost, The Fragrance Shop Advent Calendar will give you a chance to discover your new favourite. Bottles included range from the 4ml size up to 50ml and it has fragrances for both him and her inside so it's a great one to share. It's currently on pre-order to be delivered at some point in October so you shouldn't have to wait too long to get your hands on it.
Best for Carolina Herrera lovers
Carolina Herrerawww.jdwilliams.co.uk
If one of the favourite perfumes on your dressing table is a Carolina Herrera one, this perfume Advent calendar should be at the top of your wish list. This 12-day calendar includes miniature bottles of Carolina Herrera's most popular scents, including Good Girl and 212 VIP. The mini bottles are a great size for chucking in your handbag during Christmas party season.
Fragrance Advent calendar FAQs
What type of products are typically included in fragrance Advent calendars?
Fragrance Advent calendars can include a variety of different products including mini-sized perfumes, body sprays, room sprays, candles, body lotions, shampoos, shower gels and so much more. These fragrance-based beauty Advent calendars offer you a great opportunity to discover new fragrances and favourite products.
Are fragrance Advent calendars good gift ideas?
Fragrance and perfume Advent calendars make fantastic gifts for those who love their fragrances and what could be better than giving the gift of smelling delightful? Of course, you don't just have to get a fragrance Advent calendar as a gift, they also make excellent treats for yourself.
Rosie Floyd is a Senior Home & Pets Product Writer for Yours, specialising in home appliances, décor and furnishings, as well as all things dogs. After completing her Journalism & Media degree from Coventry University back in 2015, she started her career writing about must-visit holiday destinations, moving on to creating content around outdoor living and garden buildings, before joining the team at Bauer.