🎄✨ Beauty & Fragrance Advent Calendars – Info/Chat 2026 SPOILERS 🎁 Thread 3 ✨🎄

[JoRaRaRa]

Welcome to Thread 3! 🥳

Firstly, a huge thank you to @ovahere for getting us started and looking after the first two threads. It's been lovely seeing everyone sharing news, spoilers and enabling each other already! ❤️

As agreed, we're taking it in turns to start each new thread this year. If this thread starts getting close to the reply limit, please post to let everyone know you're happy to start the next one so we can avoid duplicate threads.

A few festive housekeeping notes;
🎁 This thread contains spoilers.
🎄 Please be kind and respectful to one another.
💸 No judging anyone for their purchasing choices (or how many calendars they buy, we're all enablers here! 😂).
🎀 Feel free to share spoilers, offers, discount codes, GWPs, delivery updates and stock alerts.

✨ We're only on thread 3 and some members already have three advent calendars on the way 🎅 I think it's safe to say advent season is officially underway! 🎄

🎁 Available Now

Liberty – £285 (Beauty Drop members receive £25 off). Full contents revealed and available to order.
https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/beauty-advent-calendar

P. Louise – £250. Available to pre-order with payment instalments available.
https://plouise.co.uk/collections/wonderful-world-of-p-louise-advent-calendar/products/what-glows-around-2026-advent-calendar

John Lewis – Available on pre-sale via the app for MyJL members.
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar – Now on pre-sale.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-beauty-advent-calendar-2026-000000000000284475

Harrods 12 Days of Hair & Body – Now on pre-sale.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-12-days-of-hair-and-body-advent-calendar-2026-000000000000284465

Harrods Fragrance Advent Calendar – Pre-sale currently sold out. Expected back in-store during September (date TBC).
https://beauty-detective.com/harrods-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

⏳ Coming Soon / Waitlists

Cult Beauty
https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/

Harvey Nichols
Beauty:
https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-beauty-advent-calendar-2026-75896-258491/
Fragrance:
https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-12-days-of-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026-75906-258490/

John Lewis Fragrance
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Space NK
https://www.spacenk.com/uk/gifts/beauty-advent-calendars/beauty-advent-calendar-MUK200063764.html

Elle
https://beauty-detective.com/elle-advent-calendar-2026/

Fortnum & Mason
Spoilers:
https://beauty-detective.com/fortnum-mason-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Waitlist: https://www.fortnumandmason.com/beauty-advent-calender-sign-up-2026

Boots (including the new fragrance calendar) https://www.boots.com/christmas/advent-calendars/advent-calendar-waiting-list

Sephora UK
Spoilers:
https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-advent-calendar-2026/
Waitlist: https://www.sephora.co.uk/c/beauty-advent-calendar-waitlist

Selfridges (Beauty & Fragrance)
https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

LookFantastic Beauty
https://www.lookfantastic.com/c/waitlist/advent/?srsltid=AfmBOoovzs9M5Kt8-RM_31Q3_-JOa6N51uGggpe0hglvZbxC5Of7AFTH

LookFantastic Fragrance
https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Anthropologie (24 and 12 day)
https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/beauty-advent-calendar

Vogue
https://shop.vogue.co.uk/pages/vogue-festive-calendar-2026-waitlist

Glossybox
https://beauty-detective.com/glossybox-advent-calendar-2026/

OK! Beauty Box
https://beauty-detective.com/ok-beauty-box-advent-calendar-2026/

💄 More Calendars & Spoilers

Rather than making the opening post a mile long, our friend Mary has a brilliant roundup of lots more advent calendars and the latest spoilers, including Charlotte Tilbury, Jo Malone, Elemis, Lancôme, Tatcha, NEOM, Neal's Yard Remedies, Holland & Barrett, YesStyle and many more as they're announced.

👉 https://beauty-detective.com/category/beauty-advent-calendars/ 👈

🎅 Happy advent season everyone! 🎁

Here's hoping for lots more spoilers, bargains, discount codes, and maybe a little self-control (although judging by threads 1 and 2, that seems unlikely! 😄)

No, I just go and test all the products 🙈🤣 I'm probably not helping them then. I did buy their fragrance advent calendar last year but I find I can always find stuff cheaper elsewhere.

yeah… probably not the most helpful then 😀😀

That is pretty good on the double drawer with PC 🙂

I'm hoping to definitely get the Selfridge's FAC, that is my next target. I really don't need 2 BACs 🙈 my stash is overflowing as it is 🤣 I was thinking that I might get the liberty with my vouchers and BD credit, then split it with my husband. I'm not a fan of Zelens or votary and I can't use vitamin c, so he can have all my rejects. I'm only interested in the Fugazzi and Sisley and a bit of the makeup 🤭

I may crack and get a harrods fac off ebay they are going for around £310 so about £85 more than rrp. Get paid tomorrow.

Thanks for the list @JoRaRaRa

I love RMS in Crystal Slipper. Unfortunately that's the one shade I have. I wish it was a different one. The skincare in CB is pretty good but the make up is a miss. It still might be worth picking up for the skincare though.

It's still a great price for all the perfumes 😊

Thank you for this CB list, its much more appealing than SNK to me. They are however getting on my last nerve with the spoilers, I might be irrational but I find it so patronising!

CB usually has two versions - one with perfume and one without and the perfume one always sells out quickly. In 2024 and 2025 I've impulsed bought the less popular non-perfume version when it was discounted. I wonder if they'll do both this year and if they do, I need to act quick to get the better version if I decide I want CB.

But I need to see Sephora and even HN (in-store) first before I'll know! Its one BAC max for me, FACs are my priority so I'm anticipating more fragrance reveals. I'm all in for Selfridges FAC and hoping its no more than £350.

Yeah, the makeup isn't great and I don't feel it really goes well together. The skincare is definitely saving it 🤭

@TreesinthePark agree. Just give us the full list of each calendar now!

Before you buy it, this announcement has just come from Really Ree.

CB is looking good. There are a few bits I'd sell from the list, more makeup than skincare. Skincare has a few bits I'd like to try: SR, PC, Medik8. I'm even happy with the Byoma!

I quite like that CB do the drip drip, I find it quite fun going to find all the info 🤭 I'm glad they're the only ones doing it though, I'd get confused if they were all at it 🤣

Does anyone know when we'll get the full reveal? Did they do a video reveal last year or was that spacenk?

Wonder if she means online?

I definately prefer the Selfridges Fac. If its true that Harrods is going to release another batch online (would be a first) Im sure we need to thank Selfridges for that one lol.

You can only queue for one in person on the day of release instore. Its probably going to be less of a madhouse at Harrods if Selfridges and Harrods both release it on 1 September. They might be pivoting

Oh yes, I bought the 2023 Fenwick calendar. It was only a 12 day but it had really good products including a full size Evidens moisturiser, full sized bioeffect serum, Barbara Sturm serum and a full sized Delina hair perfume. It was £175 and you got a free gwp worth £250!

Last year SNK released all those annoying videos in the run up to their calendar reveal. It just showed these women looking inside the boxes and gasping with excitement. 🥺 They don’t seem to have done that this year.

Maybe I've got up on the wrong side of the bed today, but i am highly disappointed with all calendars except Selfridges FAC.

Realistically I'll still buy SpaceNK as there are a few high priced items in there I'd like, that you're not likely to get from vinted for a reasonable price, but I'm still feeling pretty let down by the whole thing. I cannot believe it doesn't have a single thing from my wishlist in there 🤦🏻‍♀️

The Selfridges FAC is the most exciting release so far to me which has come as a real shock.

Come on Sephora 🤞🤞🤞

ooh, what's on your wishlist @Willow742 ?

LF pricing
Advent Calendar £120 (worth over £665)
Fragrance Calendar £150 (worth over £530)
Men’s Grooming Calendar £90 (worth over £469)

L'occitane available for purchase - £99

uk.loccitane.com/classic-advent-calendar-10CACLA26.html?utm_source=shopmy

I am just a little bit disappointed as well. It just seems that many retailers want to offload older & less popular products, among a few standout items that will entice the purchase.

Also, they probably know that in the recent years advent calendars became very popular as an Xmas gift for loved ones. We are probably less critical when buying for someone else 🙂

Let’s not forget that CB did 30% off on Black Friday and many items from calendars ended up in sale. Yet I cannot imagine advent season without one 😁🎄

Looking at the SNK list again, just to make sure I haven’t missed anything exciting, and it looks like they have included 2 mascaras. 🤔

I've ordered Harrods FAC and Liberty(telling myself for free with BD). I feel like I can't pass on the Elle as its such good value.
Space NK is a no, CB a little tempting and Sephora potentially very exciting. I'll wait until the full reveals, but need to reign myself in a bit. Currently using char GPT to categorise my entire stash and can work out the products I actually need over the coming year!!

ohh the fragrance one is 20 quid more expensive than last year

Have we got a definite price for Elle yet? That is the only other BAC tempting me arm