Looking for Christmas gift ideas for an important lady in your life? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This gift guide is jam-packed with thoughtful, fun and quirky advent calendars for women.
This guide has the lowdown on all the best women’s advent calendars available for Christmas 2025. And if you're looking for unique men’s advent calendars, we’ve got a whole separate guide on that too.
We’ve broken down our favourite advent calendars into categories — from beauty and self care to jewellery — to help you choose the right advent calendar for her.
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2024 advent calendar top picks
BEST FOR BEAUTY: LOOKFANTASTIC Iconic Beauty Advent Calendar
£100 at LOOKFANTASTIC - read more
BEST FOR JEWELLERY: Abbott Lyon Made More You Advent Calendar
£299 at Abbott Lyon - read more
BEST FOR FOOD AND DRINK: Ultimate Nitro Cocktail Advent Calendar
£59.99 at Funkin Cocktails - read more
BEST FOR WINTER SELF-CARE: The Ritual of Advent Deluxe Advent Calendar
£114.90 at Rituals - read more
BEST FOR STATIONERY AND CRAFTS: Merry & Bright Christmas Crafty Project DIY Advent Calendar Village
£45 at Etsy - read more
BEST FOR AN UNUSUAL CHOICE: Personalised A Date A Day Couples
Advent Calendar
£37.50 £28.12 at Etsy - read more
The best women’s advent calendars for 2025
Here are our favourite thoughtful advent calendars for women this year, organised by category. We’ll let you know where to buy each calendar and whether you can earn cashback.
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Fragrance advent calendars
If you're looking for a truly indulgent festive treat, a fragrance advent calendar might be the perfect choice. This year's selection of perfume advent calendars is pretty mind-boggling. Here are some of our favourites.
LOOKFANTASTIC Fragrance
Advent Calendar 2025
Price:
£130
This decadent fragrance calendar from LOOKFANTASTIC for 2025 is packed with 25 unique fragrances. You'll find a mix of eau de parfums, skin scents, home fragrances and more, with a total value of £485. Brands in this year's calendar include NEOM, Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy.
Where to buy: LOOKFANTASTIC
Harvey Nichols 12 Days of Fragrance
Advent Calendar 2025
Price:
TBC
The 2025 Harvey Nichols fragrance advent calendar holds a curated perfume collection worth an incredible £700. With eau de parfums from iconic brands like Creed, Kilian and Xerjoff, you'll be smelling fantastic this Christmas season. And if all that wasn't enough, one in every 50 calendars will have a surprise £50 Harvey Nichols gift card inside.
Where to buy: Harvey Nichols
Beauty advent calendars
Women's beauty advent calendars are always a popular choice, with many selling out in a matter of days or weeks.
While they can sometimes be on the pricier side, this is usually balanced out by the value you’ll get from the products. Expect to find everything from make-up, skincare and body lotions and hair care.
Here are our favourite beauty Christmas advent calendars from 2024 (we'll update for 2025 soon!).
LOOKFANTASTIC Iconic Beauty
Advent Calendar 2024
Price:
£100
The hotly-anticipated LOOKFANTASTIC advent calendar is back. Worth over £565, this year's Christmas countdown includes 27 products. Highlights include the Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 59 perfume mist, Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum and a pair of Trigwell Cosmetics Velvet Powder Puffs.
Where to buy: LOOKFANTASTIC
Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar 2024
SOLD OUT
Price:
£260
This Liberty London beauty advent calendar (worth an impressive £1,205) contains 28 beauty products, including 18 full-sized items. Stand-outs include a full size The Rich Cream from Augustinus Bader, a Sunday Riley Good Genes treatment and a La Mer Lip Volumiser.
Where to buy: Liberty London
Sephora Favorites Advent Calendar 2024
SOLD OUT
Price:
£199
Sephora’s 2024 beauty advent calendar contains a whopping 40 products from a range of brands, including 24 full-sized products. Their handpicked collection includes hair styling, make-up, skincare, body care and fragrances. Highlights include the Medik8 Clarity Peptides Serum, Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster and Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Pink Juice Moisturizer.
Where to buy: Sephora
Jewellery advent calendars
Jewellery calendars make thoughtful gifts, with stunning pieces she can cherish for years to come.
There are options for all budgets, but if you’re looking to buy a high-quality jewellery advent calendar, you will have to spend a decent chunk of money. We’ve found a few of the best value jewellery advent calendars for 2024.
Check out our full jewellery advent calendar guide for more inspo.
12 Days of Grove & Vae Jewellery
Advent Calendar 2024
Price: £395
This beautiful collection from Grove & Vae is made up of 12 of the brand's bestselling pieces. With a combined value of £679, this luxurious calendar is bound to delight. Favourites include the stunning Maia gold malachite necklace.
Where to buy: Grove & Vae
Abbott Lyon Made More You Advent Calendar
Price:
£249
This customisable jewellery advent calendar will make a truly heartfelt gift for someone special. As well as adding her name to the front cover, pieces inside include an initial bracelet and mini heart birthstone pendant. Choose from silver or gold, depending on her tastes.
Where to buy: Abbott Lyon
Missoma Gold Jewellery Advent Calendar 2024
SOLD OUT
Price: £395
Worth £827, this gold jewellery advent calendar from Missoma is the perfect gift for a lady who loves all that glitters. It contains 12 of their best-selling gold pieces, including a pair of mini helical hoop earrings, an orb chain bracelet and a beaded stone pendant necklace.
Where to buy: Missoma
Food and drink advent calendars
Food and drink advent calendars are a smart choice for a woman in your life who's particularly tricky to buy for. Whether they love an alcoholic tipple or festive coffee, you can find plenty of fairly-priced and delicious options.
Ultimate Nitro Cocktail Advent Calendar
Price:
£59.99
This 24-day advent calendar contains seven different Funkin cocktails, ensuring the Christmas countdown is as tipsy and as tasty as it should be. Drinks include the Nitro Espresso Martini, Berry Woo Woo and Pina Colada.
Where to buy: Funkin Cocktails
Grind Advent Calendar
SOLD OUT
Price: £28
For a coffee lover, the 2024 Grind advent calendar is an obvious choice. This Christmas countdown contains 25 Nespresso-compatible coffee pods that can be composted at home. Among the flavours are limited-edition Christmas, extra dark, and caramel blends.
Where to buy: Grind
Cartwright & Butler Advent Calendar
SOLD OUT
Price: £224.99
If you're looking for luxury gifts with a slightly higher price tag, you might want to pick this calendar. This Cartwright & Butler calendar has 24 days’ worth of delicious treats, including cheddar cheese crumbles, Belgian chocolate fudge and Earl Grey tea.
Where to buy: Selfridges
Looking for the perfect advent calendar for a cheese aficionado? Check out our tasty cheese advent calendar recommendations (they're bound to make your Christmas calendar shopping a brie-ze).
Winter self care advent calendars
Treat someone special to a self care advent calendar to get them through those gloomy winter months. Options include bath, body and skincare advent calendars, as well as candles and fragrance collections.
Below is a selection of the best advent calendars for women who need to take some time in December to relax. They'll make fabulous gifts for mums, sisters or friends who need
The Ritual of Advent Deluxe Advent Calendar
Price:
£114.90
This beautifully packaged collection from Rituals contains a mix of 24 different home, body and beauty products. These include four mini candles, shower oil, luxury hand balm and more. Winter blues? Well and truly banished.
Where to buy: Rituals
LUSH Advent Calendar
SOLD OUT
Price:
£190
LUSH's latest vegan-friendly advent calendar contains 25 deliciously scented bath bombs, bars, bubbles and more. Spread the festive cheer with a Snowdrift bath bomb, Candy Cane bubble bar and Snow Fairy lip mask.
Where to buy: LUSH
Yankee Candle Advent Book 2024
SOLD OUT
Price:
£49.99
Yankee Candle's 2024 gifting collection contains a variety of tealight and votive candles with a mix of classic and Christmassy scents. From Black Cherry to Silver Sage & Pine, gift this to someone special and fill their home with festive cheer. They’ll also get a constellation silver-plated glass tea light holder to hold their candles.
Where to buy: Yankee Candle
Stationery and craft advent calendars
If you’re buying for someone who’s particularly crafty, there are plenty of fun gift ideas to choose from.
Whether it’s a stationery advent calendar or some DIY Christmas crafts, the following options will make wonderful gifts for creative friends and family members.
Merry & Bright Christmas Advent Calendar Village
Price:
£45
This adorable advent calendar set contains everything needed to make 25 beautiful, intricate paper buildings, from an ice skate hire shop to a candy cane factory. Once the buildings have been assembled, they make lovely decorations for the home.
Where to buy: Etsy
24 Days Of Advent Christmas Embroidery Kit
Price:
£24.95
Whether she’s a keen sewer or a complete novice, this embroidery advent set makes a special, unusual gift. She can count down the days to Christmas by adding to her festive hoop each day, and she’ll have a keepsake to hang up at the end too.
Where to buy: Not On The High Street
Papier’s 24 Doors of Desk Delights
Price:
£140
Papier are seeking to outdo themselves after last year with their 24 Doors of Desk Delights 2024. Its 24 advent calendar gifts range from unique mini-products to full-size bestsellers. This collection features Papier staples like an A6 notebook, a three-fineliner set, and a rollerball pen.
Where to buy: Papier
For something a bit unusual…
Not quite found what you’re looking for yet? Check out the following miscellaneous calendars to see if any of them suit the recipient you have in mind.
Personalised A Date A Day Couples
Advent Calendar
Price:
£37.50 £28.12
This more affordable advent calendar will make a great gift for a girlfriend, wife, or a close friend who’s besotted with their partner. It contains 24 sweet but simple date ideas and can be personalised with your loved one’s name.
Where to buy: Etsy
Chili Klaus Chili Advent Calendar
SOLD OUT
Price:
£60
Your giftee can really test their chops with this alternative advent calendar. From chilli balls to fiery marzipan, there are spicy treats behind 24 doors in the run-up to Christmas. Ranked on a heat scale from Mild to Apocalypse, this calendar is ideal for spice lovers.
Where to buy: Sous Chef
Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar
SOLD OUT
Price:
£34.99
With 24 miniature jams and conserves, the run-up to Christmas can be tastier than ever. Flavours include Orange with Cinnamon Marmalade, Mango Peach and Lime, and Apricot with Bergamot.
Where to buy: Selfridges
Advent calendar money-saving tips
Some of the advent calendars in this guide are on the more expensive side — sometimes that’s unavoidable. However, there are nearly always ways you can reduce the cost.
Earn cashback on your advent calendar purchase
Fancy earning a portion of your spend back? You can get a post-purchase discount in the form of cashback when you shop with one of our retailers through the links on our site.
Lots of the brands mentioned in this guide are eligible for cashback, which means you could be in for some easy savings. To learn more about our cashback offering, have a quick read of our how to use TopCashback guide.
If you're new to TopCashback, you can get a free £15 cashback when you sign up to TopCashback and shop with one of our retailers. Just click the green Join TopCashback button below to get started.
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Take advantage of Black Friday deals in the run-up to Christmas
Starting your Christmas shopping during the Black Friday period can help you to stretch your budget further. We feature lots of exclusive Black Friday cashback deals during November – our Trending page is a great place to keep track of our most popular cashback rates.
Make it a festive season to remember
This guide has been packed with inspiration for the perfect advent calendar for ladies. From premium beauty and make-up advent calendars to tasty tipples and DIY crafts, there are options for every budget.
Don’t forget there are ways to save money on your women’s advent calendar too, whether that’s a Black Friday discount or a cashback offer from us.
And if you’re keen to discover even more Christmas advent calendar options (whether for a loved one or to treat yourself), why not check out the rest of our gift guides? We’ve got the lowdown on all the best stationery calendars, jewellery calendars, unique calendars for men, and even cheese calendars.
Have you bought any of the calendars in this guide? Or maybe you’ve bought a different advent calendar that you think is even better? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.