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The best candle advent calendars to buy this festive season
Try out a new scent each day.
Know someone who is a scented candle lover this Christmas 2024, or fancy treating yourself to a special countdown this year? We have a host of candle advent calendars for you to choose from this festive season. While chocolate advent calendars will always have a place in our hearts, the rise of beauty advent calendars and candle advent calendars as Christmas gifts is becoming increasingly popular year on year.
With brands including Liberty launching their advent calendar recently, alongside well-known homes brands such as The White Company bringing back their signature advent calendar, it’s no wonder that many other brands are jumping on the bandwagon, too.
One launch that has got us very excited this year is the luxurious Diptyque candle advent calendar, which is only available to pre-order at the moment. Full of well-known candles as well as limited edition festive scents, we think this beautiful advent calendar would be a wonderful Christmas gift for any woman in your life, or mother or mother-in-law this December. Make sure you sign up to pre-order now, as we’re predicting it will sell out super-quick this October!
However, if you’re looking for more affordable alternatives this Christmas, we have advent calendars that include wax melts or Christmas-inspired tea lights, which are also the perfect way to try out multiple festive scents leading up to the big day.
Available at some of your favourite retailers, here are the best candle advent calendars to shop this Christmas below:
John Lewis has launched its first-ever candle advent calendar and we’re so excited about it. Filled with some of our favourite Christmas candles from Neom, Aery, Lily-flame and more, this is the perfect countdown to the big day.
Inspired by the artist Lucy Sparrow and made with a unique sewing box design, this candle advent calendar is truly a work of art. Available to pre-order now so it’s with you by launch day on the 11 October, this luxurious Diptyque advent calendar includes everything from its well-known candles to limited edition festive scents.
Here to provide you with a little indulgence every day, this advent calendar is a special gift for someone you know who loves The White Company this year. While it doesn’t contain candles only, you’ll be pleased to hear it does include a full-size Winter and Pomegranate candle, along with lots of bath and body goodies.
We love this mini candle option from Wickford & Co. To countdown to Christmas eve, what better way to get in the festive spirit than 23 different tea lights in four different fragrances, including Warm Apple & Cinnamon, Frosted Sugar, Plum Vanilla, and Gingerbread?
Our favourite budget candle advent calendar has to be Yankee Candle. Featuring 24 scented tea light candles, their new advent calendar is designed to transport you to a Christmas market scene every day.
If you know a Jo Malone lover, then you may have just found the ideal present. The perfect Christmas gift for women or your mum, this advent calendar features a collection of timeless and seasonal colognes, miniature candles and bath & body favourites in smaller sizes, as well as a Travel Candle and a 30ml festive fragrance.
Transporting you to Jo’s cherished family ski trip in the enchanting mountains of Whistler, this beautiful advent calendar is inspired by a stunning ski chalet - and we’re obsessed with it. Filled with an abundance of Jo Loves’ bestselling fragrances and festive scents, including a salted caramel candle, mulled wine candle, plus an amber, lime & bergamot candle.
Rituals is always a failsafe brand to opt for when buying for someone at Christmas. Its gorgeous advent calendar for this year is inspired by Amsterdam’s canals during the festive season. Filled with 24 joyful gifts, the countdown is marked by four candles, and some of Ritual’s bestselling home, body care and skincare essentials.
Fill your home every day with a different festive fragrance with this affordable tea light candle advent calendar.
Alternatively, if you’re a candle lover, you could try a wax melt advent calendar this year. Perfect for celebrating Christmas in style with all the cosy scents, this advent calendar includes wax melts such as Festive Vanilla, Christmas Tree, Cinnamon & Nutmeg and many more.
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