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6 Best Candle Advent Calendars To Keep Your Holiday Season Smelling Fresh
A delightfully smelling gift that'll keep giving throughout the holiday season.
A good Advent calendar proves that the joy and surprises of Christmas don't just need to be contained to one single day. After all, they don't call it the season of giving for no reason. And in 2025, there's an Advent calendar for just about anyone and everyone. Chocolates? Here’s 25. Want to find your new favorite skincare? Time to make your bathroom look like your facialist's office. Tea to soothe the soul? You got it. Andy Warhol illustrations or Gilmore Girls paraphernalia? Niche, but it’s out there too.
If your loved one is enamored by candles, we’ve sorted through all the candle Advent calendar options out there and chose the best (and brightest, and nicest smelling) to highlight here. You’ll make their home a fragrant winter wonderland, securing a firm spot on the “Nice List.”
Diptyque Paris Advent Calendar
The most luxurious candle Advent calendar, Diptyque's take weaves the story of a bookshop owner and his mischievous, highly-literate cat, Archibald to unveil 25 selections of candles, perfumes, lotions, and more from the famous Parisian brand's scent archives.
Opt for Apotheke's Advent calendar if you want 25 straight days of scents. The surprise selections mostly feature candles—with the exception of four diffusers—from a variety of different fragrance families.
VOLUSPA VOLUSPA Advent Calendar 2025
In the event you don't want to commit to 25 candles, perfumes, diffusers, and more, VOLUSPA offers a scaled back Advent calendar with only 12 candles. Each pick is poured into the brand's signature decorative glass vessels. You're certain to find a few scents you'll love.
Anthropologie Holiday In The City Fragrance Advent Calendar
Another 12-piece Advent calendar, this is for anyone who's ever sniffed the air at an Anthropologie store and then immediately fallen in love. Not only will you find some of Anthro's most popular scents, but also a few unscented, decorative candles for your holiday season—all wrapped up in a cheer-inducing "Holiday in the City"-themed box.
If you want an advent calendar that captures a range of olfactory-related products and not just candles, try out BYREDO's 24-piece selection. It includes two different candles along with hair perfumes, lip balms, hand creams, and Eau de Parfums.
24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar
Glasshouse Fragrance's calendar also offers a variety of fragrance options, like a perfume pencil that's perfect to keep in your bag for those moments you need a touch of something to freshen up. The dramatic, Santa's Workshop-inspired gift box was designed by the artist Aeoniumsky, and unfolds to reveal 24 drawers with candles, lotions, and Eau de Parfums nestled inside.
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