Make The Kids Jealous With These Luxurious Adult Advent Calendars
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Because a daily chocolate just doesn't cut it anymore...
Summer might be summering, but it’s never too early to find the perfect advent calendar. These luxury advent calendars are just starting to hit the shelves, so you’ll need to move now if you want to secure yours for December 2025. From lavish candles and fragrances to chocolate Christmas countdowns, these are some of our favourite advent calendars for grown ups. (Because you’re never too old.)
Best Advent Calendars For Grown Ups 2025
How Country & Town House Tests The Best Advent Calendars For Grown Ups:
As we’ve shown in previous years, we make sure to carefully consider which brands we give a spotlight to. We don’t call in every advent calendar for grown ups (we avoid calling in products from brands we already know and love), the ones we do are thoroughly vetted by our team of editors.
We assess advent calendars by a multi-category criteria, covering packaging, value for money, variety of products and whether or not the products inside will actually be used. When we curate our feature lists, we only spotlight our favourite adult advent calendars – the ones that are generously packed with full-size products, come with fun interactive experiences and even have secret treats hidden inside.
Country & Town House’s editorial team has over 20 years’ experience in the industry combined – and during this time we have tried hundreds (if not thousands) of products, both in and outside of advent calendars. This arguably makes us some of the best placed editors to critique and help you find this year’s top advent calendars for grown ups.
Ready for the verdict? Let’s see the best advent calendars for grown ups this year:
Fortnum’s Beauty Advent Calendar 2025
When it comes to Christmas, Fortnum & Mason doesn’t go by halves. The legendary department store has started to tease its 2025 festive lines, with one of the first items to make its debut being the coveted beauty advent calendar. Filled with big-name brands like Sol de Janeiro, Aromatherapy Associates, Cult51, Bamford, Shleep, Baobab and Charlotte Posner, this is one of the biggest beauty advent calendars of the year.
Status: Live (shop here)
Release date: Available now
Number of products: 26 (with 23 full size)
How much: The Fortnum & Mason beauty advent calendar is £265 (worth £1,149)
What’s inside:
- Shleep Merino Wool Jersey Spa Headband Coral Peony
- Wildsmith Active Eye Serum 15ml
- Aromatherapy Associates Revive Morning Bath & Shower Oil 55ml
- Cult 51 Rejuvenating Night Cream 50ml
- Fortnum’s Four Seasons Votive Candle Clementine 75g
- Delilah Lip Saviour Colour Enhancing Oil 5ml
- Bramley Clementine Antioxidant Cleansing Balm 75ml
- Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream 75ml
- Ortigia Ambra Nera Soap in a tin 25g
- Ortigia Florio Soap in a tin 25g
- Gallivant Buenos Aires Eau De Parfum 30ml
- Bamford Lip Balm 15ml
- Olverum Pure Radiance Facial Oil 30ml
- Kure Bazaar Cherie Nail Polish 10ml
- Bramley Wellness Pillow Spray 100ml
- Bamford B Balanced Body Gel 200ml
- Cult51 Neck and Décolleté Firming Cream 30ml
- F&M 1707 Topaze Eau de Parfum 10ml with Gold Atomiser
- F&M Lilas Eau De Parfum 10ml
- Baobab Rome Scented Candle 75g
- Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia Hand Cream 30ml
- Delilah Liquid Blush Peony 12ml
- Aromatherapy Associates Revive Body Oil 100ml
- Ortigia Fico d’India Bath Salts 75g
- Charlotte Posner Glam Squad Wash Bag
- Clive Christian Town & Country Perfume 10ml
Cartwright & Butler Advent Calendar 2025
Snack your way through December with Cartwright & Butler’s moreish foodie advent calendar. Spread across 24 sliding draws, the festive countdown includes some of the brand’s best-selling goodies – think sweet and savoury biscuits, preserves, hot drinks, cakes and confectionery. Perfect for settling down with a hot drink while winter does its thing outside.
Status: Coming soon (check here)
Release date: September 2025
Number of products: 24
How much: The Cartwright & Butler advent calendar is £200
What’s inside:
- C&B Cheese Flatbreads
- C&B Sea Salted Caramel Fudge
- C&B Butter Oat Crumbles
- C&B Cranberry Crumbles in Tin
- Classic Earl Grey Tea Carton in Tin
- English Breakfast Blend Tea Carton
- Dark Chocolate Drinking Chocolate in Carton
- Milk Chocolate Drinking Chocolate in Tin
- C&B Christmas Loaf Cake in Loaf Tin
- C&B Belgian Chocolate Fudge in Carton
- C&B Rum and Raisins Fudge
- C&B Original Toffee in Carton
- C&B Dark Chocolate Gingers
- C&B Cheese Biscuits
- C&B Cheddar Cheese Crumbles
- C&B Fruit Jellies
- C&B Pattern Fruit Sweets in Carton
- C&B Raspberry Preserve
- C&B Onion Chutney
- C&B Peanut & Popcorn Brittle in Carton
- C&B Lemon Zest Shortbread Rounds in Tin
- C&B Demerara Shortbread Rounds in Carton
- C&B Flaked Almond Shortbread Rounds
- C&B Triple Chocolate Chunk Biscuits in Tin
L’Occitane Luxury Advent Calendar
For the perfect self-care Christmas, pay a visit to wellbeing brand L’Occitane, which has just unveiled the 2025 edition of its sell-out advent calendar. Inside the golden box (modelled after a traditional French style farmhouse) you’ll find 24 treasures from the brand, spanning skincare, body and shower, hand care, hair care and fragrance. (With a mix of full and travel size products.)
Status: Live (shop here)
Release date: Available now
Number of products: 24
How much: The L’Occitane advent calendar is £149 (worth £276.50)
What’s inside:
- 30ml Overnight Reset Serum
- 30ml Immortelle Precious Cleansing Oil
- 14ml Immortelle Divine Foaming Cleansing Cream
- 8ml Immortelle Divine Cream
- 4ml Immortelle Precious Eye Balm
- 50ml Almond Supple Skin Oil
- 75ml Almond Shower Oil
- 75ml Fleur de Cerisier (Cherry Blossom) Shower Gel
- 30ml Shea Butter Foot Cream
- 50ml Verbena Shower Gel
- 20ml Almond Shower Scrub
- 20ml Immortelle Shea Body Balm
- 75ml Fleur de Cerisier (Cherry Blossom) Body Lotion
- 75ml Néroli & Orchidée (Neroli Orchid) Body Lotion
- 50ml Verbena Body Lotion
- 20ml Almond Milk Concentrate
- 75ml Shea Butter Hand Cream
- 30ml Almond Delicious Hands
- 30ml Néroli & Orchidée (Neroli Orchid) Hand Cream
- 75ml Gentle & Balance Micellar Shampoo
- 75ml Gentle & Balance Conditioner
- 40ml Intensive Repair Hair Mask
- 7ml Fleur de Cerisier (Cherry Blossom) Eau de Toilette
- 15ml Relaxing Pillow Mist
Melt Holland Park Advent Calendar
London chocolatiers Melt take chocolate advent to a whole new level. The Holland Park Advent Calendar is a giant artisan countdown filled with luxury gift boxes – including Melt’s best-selling dark and milk chocolate bars, hot chocolates, orangettes and gianduja spread, all of which are handmade in the UK capital. The box, designed in-house by Melt’s team of creatives in Holland Park, is modelled after some of the city’s most stunning historic houses, including Pineapple House, Chiswick House and Kenwood.
Status: Coming soon
Release date: Mid-October 2025
Number of products: 11
How much: The Melt advent calendar is £299
What’s inside:
- 7 x 90g Chocolate Bars
- Milk Hot Chocolate Caddy
- Box of 10 Bonbons
- 4 x 45g Caramel Chocolate Bars
- 4 x Gianduja Terrines
- Coated Nuts
- Praline Box of 18
- Orange Slices Gift Box
- 2 x Sea Salt Discs
- Orangettes
- Hazelnut & Hazelnut Spread
Paxton & Whitfield Artisan Cheese Advent Calendar
Cheese lovers: this one’s for you. Famed cheesemonger Paxton & Whitfield has packaged up a selection of its artisan cheeses into mini taster sizes (75g each) to create the ultimate savoury advent calendar. You’ll receive it in three separate deliveries, each containing eight hand-wrapped cheese boxes, packaged with reusable ice packs and sent in an overnight delivery service.
Status: Pre-order (shop here)
Release date: December 2025 (delivered in three batches, each containing eight piece of cheese)
Number of products: 24
How much: The Paxton & Whitfield advent calendar is £150
What’s inside:
The exact contents of the Paxton & Whitfield advent is kept under wraps until the time of opening, but you can expect classics like cheddar and stilton, alongside more unusual varieties from British and European artisan cheesemakers.
LUSH Advent Calendar 2025
And for a sweeter smelling festive countdown, look no further than LUSH. The high street stalwart has brought back its advent calendar for another year, this time with 25 newly hand-selected products that include year-round favourites, items from its Christmas range and 10 gift-exclusives. Think bath bombs, shower gels, soaps and candles (and even a pair of socks to keep you toasty).
Status: Pre-order (shop here)
Official launch: Early September 2025
Number of products: 30
How much: The LUSH advent calendar is £205
What’s Inside:
- Star Of Wonder bath bomb
- Ice Carousel bubble bar – Exclusive to gift
- Reindeer bath bomb
- Golden Delight bubble bar
- Snoozy Butterbear bath bomb – Exclusive to gift
- After Dinner Mint lip scrub
- Let The Good Times Roll shower gel 120g – Exclusive to gift
- Snowdrift bath bomb
- Love soap 80g – Exclusive to gift
- Mini Sleepy bubble bar
- Let The Good Times Roll bath bomb
- Yog Nog body lotion 50g – Exclusive to gift
- Super Milk dusting powder 65g
- Ginger Tom bath bomb
- Iced Wine shower gel 120g – Exclusive to gift
- Dream Cream self-preserving body lotion 45g
- Fighting Animal Testing socks – size M/L
- Yule Log soap 100g
- Shruti’s Flower bath bomb – Exclusive to gift
- Golden Pear body scrub 135g – Exclusive to gift
- Merry Christmas Everyone shower gel 115g – Exclusive to gift
- Candy Cane reusable bubble bar
- Sticky Dates shower gel 125g
- Christmas Eve scented candle – Exclusive to gift
- Vanillary Oudh perfume 15ml – Exclusive to gift
Which Calendars Came Out Last Year?
While we wait for more brands to release their 2025 advent calendars for grown ups, why not check out last year’s festive line-up? Click here for the adult advent calendars 2024 edit.
