A chocolate advent calendar is an easy thing to get wrong. Twenty-four identical discs of something waxy, and by the eighth of December nobody in the house is bothering. Fortnum’s Favourites Truffle A...
Most tea calendars are a polite way of using up the blends nobody asked for. Fortnum’s Tea Lovers’ Advent Calendar is not that. It is a small thing — a 55g box, twenty-four silky tea bags, one a day —...
Most advent calendars ask something of you before nine in the morning. A serum to press in, a mask you have no time for, a mist whose purpose you have never entirely established. The M&S Foodhall ...
Behind one of the twelve doors is a 10ml Boy Smells Woodphoria travel spray — a creamy fig and sandalwood eau de parfum that Anthropologie sells on its own site for £32, in a calendar that costs £58. ...
Byredo Advent Calendar 2026: £650 for 25 items, including a full-size 50ml Bal d'Afrique Eau de Parfum. Full contents list, layering notes and our verdict....
The Holland & Barrett Beauty Advent Calendar 2026 is £60 for over £266 of skincare, body and hair care across 25 days. The full contents list, the sizes, and our verdict....
The White Company Advent Calendar 2026 is £195 for 25 drawers and 7 full-size products worth over £336. The full contents list, sizes and our verdict....
The Niche Beauty Classic Advent Calendar 2026 is £330 for 26 products, 13 of them full size, spread across makeup, skincare, hair, body and fragrance....
The Sisley Marie-Victoire de Bascher Advent Calendar 2026: 24 products for £672 against a stated £1,052, wrapped in commissioned artwork. Full contents and our verdict....
The Lookfantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2026: 27 products worth £665 for £120, 19 full size across 25 drawers. Full contents list and our Pique Verdict....
Thirty products across twenty-five drawers for £150, including a full-size LED wand. Every product in the Next Beauty Advent Calendar 2026, and our verdict....
The Anthropologie 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar 2026: 25 products, 17 full size, for £98. Full contents, our verdict and who it suits....