Lighters at the ready - these are the best candle advent calendars for Christmas 2025

John Lewis is back with their gorgeous 12 days candle advent calendar and this year proves it's bigger and better than last year's version. Inside you'll find brands such as NEOM, Aery, Volupspa and a few other delights to create a perfect self-care lead up to Christmas.

If there's one advent calendar at the top of our wishlist (including all food, beauty and drinks), it's this thing of beauty. Diptyque's highly coveted calendar is not *technically* just candles (it does feature a lot though), but includes a mix of candles, solid fragrances, eau de parfums, body lotion, hand cream, soap, a Christmas dec + more! And the box is so beautiful in its own right that you can reuse it for many years to come.

Here to provide you with a little indulgence every day, this advent calendar is a special gift for someone you know who loves The White Company. While it doesn’t strictly contain only candles, you’ll be pleased to hear it does include a full-size Seychelles candle, alongside lots of bath and body goodies.

Our favourite budget candle advent calendar has to be Yankee Candle. Featuring 24 scented tea light candles, their new advent calendar is designed to transport you to a Christmas market scene every day. Expect scents like Christmas cookie, black cherry, winter night stars and a glass tea light holder to display.

This is one of the most playful and luxurious advent calendars we've seen this year and we just know it's going to be a real treat to open - as is the case with everything from Jo Malone! This 25-day luxury Advent Calendar is filled with an array of festive prizes. Pull open the drawers to reveal seasonal favourites to timeless colognes, candles and bath & body luxuries in miniature alongside a celebratory 30ml fragrance and Travel Candle. Perfect as a gift for someone extra-special, or a treat for yourself (we won't tell).

Transporting you to Jo Loves world, in a painted red town where every day holds a quiet moment of luxury. This calendar is filled with an abundance of Jo Loves’ bestselling fragrances, festive scents and even a limited-edition red nail polish in collaboration with Nails inc. There's a mango Thai lime candle, black cashmeran & tonka candle, an amber, lime & bergamot candle and a layered candle.

For something a little bit different, we love the look of this Voluspa offering with its unique 12 day offering. Inside you'll find 12 petite pedestal candles (one presented in a gorgeous fir tree design) and a gold candle wicker to ensure good candle etiquette!

This beautiful design from Rituals is supposed to be hung on your door to mimic a wreath and we think it's super cute. There are 24 gifts inside, ranging from shower oil, haircare, body care and of course candles in various signature scents from the brand. We wouldn't mind finding this on our door come December 1.

Fill your home every day with a different festive fragrance with this affordable tea light candle advent calendar. Perfect for adding a bit of ambience to December evenings.