The switch from linen to cashmere may mark the changing of the season in the fashion world, but for beauty insiders, it’s the unveiling of this year’s beauty advent calendars that signals the end of the summer and the beginning of the eagerly anticipated festive season.
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The line-up expands each year, and while you’ll find our edit of the best multi-genre beauty advent calendars carefully selected by our Vogue editors, there is a specific type of advent set to be the darling of the holiday period: perfume advent calendars.
A gifting category once dominated by Jo Malone, and still largely spearheaded by the London fragrance house, has seen new players enter the market, making the scent-filled festive favourite more coveted than ever.
These calendars are a gateway into the glittering world of the most iconic fragrance brands to discover and delight in their dynamic note layering, often with new, exclusive and limited-edition combinations as well as cult classics. Each day will become a transportive sensorial escape through mini or full-size personal and home fragrances from independent, artisanal ateliers and couture maisons alike.
Whether you are a collector looking to discover a niche scent, or simply on an enduring hunt for your signature scent, there is a flacon or bougie concealed behind each gilded door.
Browse our definitive guide to editor-approved perfume advent calendars to find the ones worth investing in before they inevitably sell out.
Shop more of Vogue’s top perfume advent calendars 2026 below.
Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar Collection 2026
Harrods
Beauty Advent Calendar Collection 2026
- Best for: High-end minis
- Worth: TBD
- Release date: Pre-order now
- Number of products: 25
- Number of days: 25
- What’s inside? Color Wow Texas Hold’Em Big Hold Hairspray, Medik8 C Tetra Advanced Gel-Serum and Clé de Peau Beauté Correcting Cream Veil
- Why it’s Vogue-approved: Harrods has unveiled three advent calendars as part of its 2026 seasonal offering. The largest and flagship is the 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar (£270) which contains 25 products in which the Color Wow Texas Hold’Em Big Hold Hairspray (worth £30), Medik8 C Tetra Advanced Gel-Serum (worth £72), Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk Medium (worth £29.50) and Clé de Peau Beauté Correcting Cream Veil (worth £61) are full sized (total £192.50). This is without mentioning the Temple Spa Peace Be Still Calming Skin Balm (£21) and Otis Batterbee eyelash curler and brush (est £26). Hyped-about heroes are stashed within, from the By Terry Tea To Tan Face & Body to the Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream, and if you’ve been eyeing up the CurrentBody devices but have yet to make the plunge, there is a voucher inside with £75 off your purchase. For travelling, there are helpful minis inside, including Philip Kingsley shampoo and conditioner, La Prairie Foam Cleanser, RéVive Renewal Moisturizing Night Cream and Moncho Moreno One Minute Wonder Hair Mask so you can fill your washbag with high-performance formulas even when you’re away from home.
- The Harrods 12 Days of Fragrance Advent Calendar is, as the name suggests, a fragrance-based calendar. There are sample-sized scents but also large sizes of Parfums de Marly’s TikTok favourite Delina aroma (in 30ml, worth £180), Floraiku Gong Eau De Parfum with an incredibly beautiful bottle (30ml, est worth £177) and Memo Paris Omnia Omnibus Ubique Eau de Parfum (30ml, worth £140). That’s £497, and you are getting regiftable fragrances, should they not be your preference. There is both a limited-edition and exclusive aroma in the form of Golden Milk by BORNTOSTANDOUT and, on the flipside, a bestseller from Jo Malone with English Pear & Freesia that comes in the handbag-ready 30ml. Honourable mention goes to the exclusive Ex Nihilo
Brompton Immortals Extrait de Parfum (50ml, worth £212.50). - Most uniquely of all is The Harrods 12 Days of Hair & Body Advent Calendar 2026, an unexpected combination of two bestselling categories. Brands include Sol De Janeiro, Chāmpo (including the bestselling Pitta Growth Serum and Flyaway Fix) and Philip Kingsley (and its fan-favourite Elasticizer). The selection is as practical as it is luxurious, with pampering treats like the Starskin VIP The Gold Mask and Rehab Retreat Bath & Shower Milk.
LOOKFANTASTIC 2026 Advent Calendars
LOOKFANTASTIC 2026 Advent Calendars
- Best for: Excellent return on investment
- Worth: £665
- Release date: 1 September
- Number of products: 27
- Number of days: 25
- What’s inside? Medik8 Total Moisture Cleanser, Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator and LANEIGE Vanilla Lip Glowy Balm
- Why it’s Vogue-approved: To create its three advent calendars for 2026, beauty retailer Lookfantastic has taken an interesting approach. It has reached out to 25 beauty experts – from big beauty names to its own buying team – each of whom has selected an inclusion. These include the likes of hairstylist Sam McKnight and Dom Seeley, and creators Ash Holme and Gary Thompson. In The Beauty Advent Calendar, there are 27 products with a value of £665 and brands like Medik8, Clinique, Laura Mercier and Elemis. The edit leans on cult buys like Medik8 Total Moisture Cleanser, Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Night Cream and Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder, as well as hyped heroes like Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 40 Perfume Mist and Color Wow’s Kale Cocktail.
- The Fragrance Advent Calendar, which sold out in three days last year, has a reported worth of £530 and costs £150. The brands to know include Jo Malone, YSL and Rabanne. Enduring bestselling aromas include Jo Malone London’s Pomegranate Noir Cologne, Issey Miyake’s L’Eau d’Issey Eau de Parfum and Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume.
- Last but the most value-packed of all, The Grooming Advent Calendar costs £90 and has £469 worth of products inside, according to the retailer.
NEOM 24 Days of Wellbeing Advent Calendar
Neom
24 Days of Wellbeing Advent Calendar
- Best for: calming scents and nourishing bodycare
- Worth: £399
- Release date: TBC
- Number of products: 25
- Number of days: 24
- What’s inside? (Highlights): Real Luxury Essential Oil Blend, Ceramic Shooting Star Natural Diffuser and Great Day Magnesium Body Butter
- The Vogue verdict: Start the Christmas season as you mean to go on: enveloped in sumptuous scent. For the 2026 festive season, NEOM has housed a beautifully fragranced selection of candles, a diffuser, essential oils and bodycare in a daily advent calendar. One of the full-size candles (there are two!), alongside a mini candle, the diffuser, and a tree ornament, are seasonal limited-edition favourites with suitably festive scents, while the remainder are bestsellers like the magnesium-infused body butter and luxury bath milk. These come in mini form, which are great for curating a calming spa-like environment when you’re travelling or for sampling the collection with heroes from each of the Better Sleep, More Energy, Mood Boost and Less Stress collections.
Bamford Wellness Advent Calendar
Bamford
Wellness Advent Calendar
- Best for: Spa-like experience at home
- Worth: £672
- Release date: 1 September
- Number of products: 24
- Number of days: 24
- What’s inside? Geranium Candle, B Silent Candle and B Silent Bath Salts
- Why it’s Vogue-approved: Bamford’s 2025 advent calendar was one of the Vogue team’s favourites last year, with notes of geranium so deliciously potent that they emanated from the box before you even opened a drawer. The 2026 iteration is equally as relaxation-inducing, with 24 products, 12 of which are full-sized. These span across the wellness brand’s collection of skincare, body, home fragrances and tools. In one door, you will even find ritual cards inviting you to be intentional about relaxation through the festive season. Highlights include the two candles listed above as well as the Geranium Hand & Body Wash that transforms daily ablutions into a moment of calm.
Anthropologie 2026 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
Anthropologie
2026 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
- Best for: Playful design
- Worth: £400
- Release date: Pre-order now
- Number of products: 25
- Number of days: 25
- What’s inside? Joonbyrd Mini Sofa Body Butter, Phlur Father Figure and Malin & Goetz Strawberry Perfume Oil
- Why it’s Vogue-approved: A vibrant addition to your holiday decor, Anthropologie has, in the brand’s signature style, gone all out with its advent calendar design this year with a brightly coloured festive illustration by British-Filipino illustrator Nephthys Foster. Inside you’ll find skincare, fragrance, haircare and more, and 17 products are full sized. The selection includes L’Occitane’s Almond Hand Cream, Patchology’s Cool Eye Gel, Mario Badescu’s Facial Spray with Aloe and PHLUR, the latter of which is a sample of the hugely popular Father Figure aroma. Explore too a body butter from Joonbyrd, one of the Vogue team’s top bodycare brands, nail polish from premium vegan label Manucurist and SPF from the chic suncare experts at Darling.