🎄✨ Beauty & Fragrance Advent Calendars – Info/Chat 2026 SPOILERS 🎁 Thread 5 ✨🎄

[Thelifeofawife]

Welcome to Thread 5! 🥳

A huge thank you to @OvaHere and @JoRaRaRa for the previous threads, and to everyone who's been sharing spoilers, links, bargains, discount codes and enabling each other over the first 4 threads. ❤️
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.

🎁 Available Now

Liberty – £285 (Beauty Drop members receive £25 off). Full contents revealed. Beauty Drop member pre order has closed and those advents are being dispatched. The advent will go on general sale soon (BD members still qualify for the discount during the general sale)
www.libertylondon.com/uk/features/beauty/beauty-advent-calendar#
Unboxing

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 – £250. Available on pre-sale via the app for MyJL members.
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar – £270. 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 – £99. 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 – £225. Pre-sale currently sold out. Expected back in-store during September (date TBC).
https://beauty-detective.com/harrods-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Vogue Festive Calendar – £355. Available to pre-order
https://shop.vogue.co.uk/products/vogue-festive-calendar-2026

Fortnum & Mason Beauty Advent Calendar - £275. Available now
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar-2026

Fenwick 25 day beauty advent calendar - £250. Available now
https://fenwick.co.uk/products/fenwick-fenwick-beauty-25-day-advent-calendar-2026

Anthropologie 24 Day Beauty Advent Calendar – £98. Available now
https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/24-days-of-beauty-advent-calendar5

The Fragrance Shop - Available for pre-order £120 members, £150 non-members
Women's Advent Calendar
https://www.thefragranceshop.co.uk/the-fragrance-shop/the-fragrance-shop/gift-box-advent/p/76306
Men's Advent Calendar https://www.thefragranceshop.co.uk/the-fragrance-shop/the-fragrance-shop/gift-box-advent/p/76307

⏳ Coming Soon / Waitlists
Cult Beauty £245 - £20 gift voucher back when buying at launch 03/09 early access.
https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/

Harvey Nichols
(website is down currently due to to the company buyout but will return soon) Details TBC.
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 £99
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Space NK £275
https://www.spacenk.com/uk/gifts/beauty-advent-calendars/beauty-advent-calendar-MUK200063764.html
Unboxing video

Elle £197 or £187 if you join waitlist
https://beauty-detective.com/elle-advent-calendar-2026/

Boots launch 01/09 for waitlist then 2/09 for general sale
www.boots.com/christmas/advent-calendars/advent-calendar-waiting-list
Luxe £150
beauty-detective.com/boots-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Scent £90
beauty-detective.com/boots-12-days-of-scent-advent-calendar-2026/
Skin £70
beauty-detective.com/boots-24-days-of-skin-advent-calendar-2026/

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 £250
https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Fragrance (lots of price rumours about this one - could be similar to Harrods fragrance or could twice as much)
https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-fragrance-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/

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

OK! Beauty Box £109
https://beauty-detective.com/ok-beauty-box-advent-calendar-2026/

Next £150
https://beauty-detective.com/next-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

Debenhams £120
https://www.debenhams.com/pages/beauty-advent-calendar

PURESEOUL £140 (first year they are doing an advent)
beauty-detective.com/pureseoul-advent-calendar-2026/

💄 More Calendars & Spoilers
Rather than making the opening post a mile long, here's 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 that's already gone for some 😄)

I hope I’ve captured everything 🩷

🤣🤣

There are eyelash curlers in the LF beauty bundle too. What is going on?!

I did wonder why the display cabinet with the calendar had disappeared so quickly in store but thought they might bring it out again nearer Christmas as Fenwick don’t have any other Christmas bits on display at the moment. Seems odd that it has disappeared from website and store. Even when calendars sell out online, you can usually pick them up in store. Soace NK was available in store last year a while after it sold out online. It is all very odd

It's gone from their insta account too 😐

Thanks for this, ive just bought for a friend's birthday

Hmm, I think if it was sold out they would be advertising that on their social media, like “ours was the first to sell out”

Perhaps something incorrectly listed or perhaps there’s been an issue with one of the products?

Cult beauty reveals 😍 I love it!!

@MaryBD please do your magic ✨

Cult Beauty full details are out

That looks like AB the cream (or rich) that’s exciting. I’m looking forward to a full list but first glimpses this is Intresting.

Are they at 2 different price points?

It is the rich cream. Not sure if there's different price points, I don't think that's been mentioned.

Yay no REN! It looks good, and I like that they’ve put the AB cream in the signature edition, as last year’s seemed much worse than the special edition, so at least they’ve tried to make that one attractive too.

Looking at it closer, I still think the Special edition is much better though.

I feel like Serums and Medik8 are the only standouts for me in CB. I already have some of the products in it, and there's nothing I'd necessarily rush to repurchase. Im really torn this year😫

Our friend Mary is working her magic:

What’s inside Special Edition:

• Westman Atelier Eye Want You Mascara in Black (Full Size, worth £42)
• Fugazzi Pomegranoudh Extrait de Parfum(10ml, worth £40)
• Escentric Molecules M01 (10ml, worth £20)
• KAYALI Freedom Musk Santal 34 EDP (10ml, worth £28.00)
• Dr. LEVY Switzerland Overnight Booster Cream (20ml)
• VIEVE Super Skin Nova (50ml, Full Size, worth £39.00)
• L’Occitane Amande (Almond) Shower Oil(35ml)
• Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer (10ml, worth £18.00) –
• MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Color Crayon (Full Size, worth £28.00)
• Allies of Skin Advanced Clarifying Serum(30ml, Full Size, worth £94)
• Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum (8ml)
• Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid 100 Moisturising Cream (30ml, Full Size, worth £12)
• Laneige Cream Skin Cerapeptide Mist (30ml, worth £10.50)
• Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray (34ml, worth £21)
• The Ordinary Multi-Active Delivery Essence(100ml, Full Size, worth £10.60)
• Elemis Pro-Collagen Skin Protection Fluid SPF50 (15ml, worth £26.00)
• 111SKIN Rose Gold Eye Mask (worth £13.00)
• Medik8 Advanced Pro-Collagen+ Peptide Cream (50ml, Full Size, worth £82)
• Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops (15ml, worth £18.00)
• PATRICK TA Major Headlines – Double-Take Cream + Powder Blush Duo (Full Size, worth £42)
• Maria Nila Head & Hair Heal Soothing Scalp Serum (50ml, Full Size, worth £32)
• Davines Oi All-in-One Milk (50ml, worth £20.50)
• K18 Biomimetic Hairscience AirWash Dry Shampoo (47ml, worth £24.00)
• Amika Soulstruck Nourishing Leave-in Dry Hair Mask (30ml)
• By Terry Brightening CC Serum Mini-To-Go in Sunny Flash (15ml, worth £33.00)
• RMS Beauty Luminizer (Full Size, worth £40.00)
• Huda Beauty Lip Contour 2.0 (Full Size, worth £20)
• Saie Mini Dew Blush (7ml, worth £16.00)
• BYOMA Foaming Rice Deep Cleanser (175ml, Full Size, worth £13.99)
• Paula’s Choice PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment (30ml, worth £63, Full Size)
• Hourglass Unlocked Satin Crème Lipstick(Full Size, worth £42)
• Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm Setting Spray (50ml, worth £20)
• Kilian Angels’ Share Eau de Parfum (7.5ml, worth £39.00)
• Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 68 Perfume Mist(90ml, Full Size, worth £25.00)
• Color Wow Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer(50ml, worth £11.00)
• Gisou Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy Hydrating Shampoo (75ml, worth £12.00)
• Gisou Honey Gloss Ceramide Therapy Hydrating Conditioner (50ml, worth £12.00)
• Sunday Riley Tidal Deep Hydration and Plumping Serum (30ml, Full Size, worth £70)

Sorry duplicate post

A few observations that don't impress me:
Danessa myricks setting spray and CT setting spray, why do we need 2?
No eye cream?

Wow this is motoring - checking in.

7 hair products, that's 7 too many!

Anyone else think the perfumes are a bit duff?

Edited to say, I’m wondering if perhaps I’m not the right demographic for the CB calendar. I’m sure it will be right up plenty of people’s streets. ❤️

Anyone know how much the CB calendars are?

£245

I’d really like to try a fragrance advent calendar this year. What does everyone think is the best one to go for?

Ooh finally CB is out. 💖Need to look closely at both.

CB definitely not for me - I loathe ALL setting sprays/mists - I never spray anything on my face and can’t stand primers either.

I suppose I should be pleased I don’t want it!

I'm exactly the same. Don't use setting sprays and hate primers. The way they feel / the texture of them is horrible to me. Like when you wash things by hand and the soap powder feels powdery but slippery at the same time.

And yes, also 7 hair products.

Aye, not a bad thing to be put off.

I'm waiting for Neom which should be out on Tuesday. Have a feeling I might end up not wanting to blow the best part of £200 on a one brand calendar though.

Maybe I'll just be happy with the two I already have in the bag. And Glossybox, cos I know I'm going to cave on it. Tbf, I like most and there's some good stuff in there for DD, too.

I asked ChatGPT which one I should go for an told it the type of perfumes I like (Diptyque Philosykos, Jo Malone Fig, Wood Sage and Sea Salt) and it came back and told me in detail that I would be most suited to the Selfridges one or John Lewis and gave info about all the different scents. Given the differing price points I'm going for JL. I use AI for work but never thought to ask about this kind of thing until I saw a few other posters had done it! I was very impressed so am going with it's recommendation!