🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 6

[BakeOffRewatch]

New thread!

Looks like it's changed since this morning. Although weirdly it's still out of stock on the app. I went to look to see if the app only fragrance gwp would work.

Ha! That’s probably why. They don’t want you to get the gwp!

@BakeOffRewatch as a fellow RHOBAC I say you deserve the F&M

Though if you decide to be good & just get the OTO sleep spray you should get 20% of your first order at https://otowellbeing.com
by using the code OTOWELCOME20

My Korres calendar has arrived already. It feels very light compared to my Liberty box 😆. The top corner has been damaged in transit but I don’t think it’s a box that I particularly want to keep so I’m not inclined to complain. I also think I’m going to have to keep it tucked away in the spare room when it’s time to start opening it so my husband doesn’t realise how bad I’ve been this year .

@MidnightMeltdown - SNK came back into stock online at least twice last year. I know because I kept putting it in my basket, dithering and then grumbling when it sold out - again!

Having a hidden BAC (or two...) is practically a RHOBAC rite of passage. 😄

Liberty is the one you really want IIRC. Maybe you should get that before it goes. Now Harrods has gone Liberty can't be too far behind. I know last year it was one of the last to sell out but this year is a better offering I think.

I was just thinking that @OvaHere - I have just had another look and the only DODs are:

Sparkling Jo - just horrible on me
Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman - couldn’t really smell it at all
Bibbi - again, awful on my skin

I didn’t get to smell a couple of the others, but not hopeful about liking them either given my unsophisticated nose!

I didn’t mind the Vanilla Powder and the Zephirine.

I would use everything else.

On the downside: DH came with me to visit the calendar in Liberty and knows how much it costs. It is way way more expensive than I should be considering buying, given how much stuff I already have and that the Rituals is in plain sight in the back room whilst the DIY beastie is under the sofa…

I don’t have any luck selling stuff so don’t expect I’d get much back by putting those three on eBay.

I have genuinely considered buying it and putting it away for Xmas 26, (aka hiding it🙀)

I’m annoyed that I didn’t get the Liberty when TCB were doing the big cashback on gift cards and the £5 bonus. I had everything in my basket, but chickened out !

Sorry if this has been asked earlier in the threads but I’m way behind! I’m looking at the Benefit one for my daughter. Does anyone have any thoughts on if it gets cheaper at any point or how to get a discount on it?

Using the code BEAUTYDETECTIVESPH takes it down to £114.75 at Sephora.

If it helps at all, those were the things I didn’t like either, I sold the tallisman quickly and have the bibbi ( which I’ve just reduced) on Vinted along with the Granado, I don’t appear to like any of their things!! I really loved my Liberty last year, it made my Christmas!!

could you share your vint4ed name - im be interested!

If anyone is selling the Valaya from the Harrods advent calendar on vinted could you possibly pm me your user name?
I would like to purchase a bottle but want to make sure I'm buying the real product from a decent seller.
Thank you

I love the Olverum. I've bought it three times since getting it in a Liberty edit. To me it smells divine and it leaves my skin super soft. You only need a few miniute drops. I guess it shows how individual scent appreciation is!

Amber from LF is very similar to Aventus.

Oh amazing. Thanks so much @OvaHere

I've been into town today to smell the PDM Delina, it's gorgeous 😍 I can still smell it now. I think I'm definitely going to get the HN fragrance advent. I did mention the PDM advent calendar to my husband, and he has said if I really want it, I can have it for Christmas 😳😁 I tried a few of the others whilst I was there, including the purple one which is also really nice. I'm also now really looking forward to the Valaya from the Harrods calendar after smelling that one again 🎉🎊

@JoRaRaRa I wore Delina yesterday. It lasts really well.

I hope your DD loves it. 😊

I have Delina and I love it. 😊 I got the Delina hair perfume in my 2023 Fenwicks calendar and liked it so much that I asked DH to get me the perfume for my birthday.

Have you smelt any of the fragrances in the Harrods fragrance calendar?
I have smelt the Thameen and a few of the small bottles but I haven’t tried any that are in sealed boxes.

I was a bit naughty and opened most of them 🙈🤣 luckily Iiked all of the ones I opened, except the Nishane which I've now sold on vinted. I didn't open Valaya (as I'd previously smelt it in town), rude oud or Immortals so I don't know if I like those 2. I liked the BDK and Ganymede so much that I've bought them on vinted to wear them straight away. BDK has fast become my favourite fragrance so I asked my husband for a full bottle. I also had a little spray of the Jo malone, I could still smell it on me the next day, it's beautiful 😍

I was just thinking that I would've liked a hair perfume in the PDM AC, it's a shame that they haven't included one.

There was a bottle of Delina in the Harrods fragrance calendar a couple of years ago. It’s not one I would choose, but I think it’s ok. However, DP really likes it so I wear it for him sometimes 😄

I can't remember which bac had the Delina fragrance and body lotion in last year . As someone who can take or leave lotions, I must say Delina is amazing. Made my skin super soft and the fragrance was so long lasting.

It was John Lewis that had them in last year, it’s also one of my favourites and I am still trying to convince myself I don’t need the PDM advent as have a 10ml of Delina and a bottle of Valaya but it is still calling me.