Editor’s Note
This year’s standout beauty advent calendar arrives as a collector’s Christmas log, featuring 27 full-size, French-made products. It promises a month of discovery, emphasizing sustainable, cruelty-free formulas and luxurious, gourmet-inspired packaging.
The Biotyfull “Extraordinary Christmas Log” for 2025 is an exceptional beauty advent calendar: presented in the form of a collector’s Christmas log, it contains 27 full-size, 100% new products, mostly organic/natural, made in France, and cruelty-free. Designed to surprise and extend the holiday pleasure, this calendar focuses on the originality of the packaging (hot foil stamping, gourmet design) as well as the quality and diversity of the products (face, body, hair, hygiene, and makeup).
Premium finish: hot gold foil stamping and refined packaging, perfect for gifting.
An elegant and elaborate design: gilded box and refined packaging, perfect as a gift or a keepsake.
Find A Bottle Advent Calendar ➜
The Find a Bottle Wine Advent Calendar
Offered by Find a Bottle, this special wine calendar offers a unique experience with 24 2cl wine samples to taste blind. Each day, discover a French wine from the country’s most beautiful wine regions.
Find A Bottle Calendar
A very comprehensive advent calendar for all women who want to take care of themselves. The program features: zero-waste packaging made from organic cotton.
Zero-waste packaging made from organic cotton.
The elegance of the packaging and jewelry;
The superb, very festive packaging.
Each year, brands redouble their efforts to offer you the best advent calendar. 2026 is no exception, with hundreds available. It’s difficult to make a choice.
In this article, you will find our selection of the best available in 2026.
We selected over 250 advent calendars, after spending more than 70 hours comparing all available offers this year, to give you our top must-haves.
If you don’t have time to read our entire comparison, here is the best in each category:
🍫 Chocolate: Le Chocolat des Français (Our Test) & Dans le noir
🍷 Wine: Flakon
👦 Children: Pandacraft
💄 Beauty: Biotyfull Box (Our Test) & Blissim
💅 Premium Beauty: Prescription Lab
😋 Gourmet: Le Roy René & Bonne Maman
👁️ Makeup: Glowria & Nuoo (Our Test)
🔞 Sexy: Adam & Eve, Loveboxxx & Dorcel
💎 Jewelry: Choosemi
🥂 Alcohol: Mini-bar 24 miniatures
🍺 Beer: Une Petite Mousse
🍹 Rum: Klac (Our Test)
🥃 Whisky: Flakon or 24 Whisky du monde
🧀 Cheese: La boîte du fromager & Fromagerie Le Chat Bo
🐖 Sausage: Le Calendrier du saucisson
🥘 Regional Products: Cube des Terroirs de France
🌾 Muesli: Calendrier Mymuesli (Our Test)
🍵 Tea: Le beau Thé (Our Test)
☕️ Coffee: Calendrier Nespresso & Cafés Miguel
🍯 Honey: Calendrier de l’avent Miel
🕯️ Candles: Yankee Candle
🌶️ Spices: Terre Exotique
🌭 Mustards: Moutardes Fallot
🪴 Gardening: Permacool
📷 Customizable with Photos: Cewe
✔️ Value for money: Do the products in the calendar justify the price?
✔️ Design: Think about it: you’ll see it at home until Christmas!
✔️ Product variety: Will you be surprised every day?
✔️ Originality: Does the calendar stand out from the ordinary?
By Recipient
👫 Adult Advent Calendars
👨 Men’s Advent Calendars
👩 Women’s Advent Calendars
🧑 Teen Advent Calendars
🧒 Children’s Advent Calendars
By Type
😮 Original Advent Calendars
💄 Beauty Advent Calendars
💋 Sexy and Naughty Advent Calendars
💍 Jewelry Advent Calendars
😋 Gourmet Advent Calendars
🍫 Chocolate Advent Calendars
🧀 Cheese Advent Calendars
🍾 Alcohol Advent Calendars
🍺 Beer Advent Calendars
🍷 Wine Advent Calendars
🍹 Rum Advent Calendars
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We surveyed our many readers to get their opinions on the calendars they received last year and avoid recommending a calendar that doesn’t live up to its promise. Here are all the must-have advent calendars this year.
The unique format: a real collector’s Christmas log — a pretty decorative object and a very original gift.
The generosity: 27 full-size products (no samples), some compartments can contain 2 products.
Exclusive new products: all products are presented as 100% new, never seen in previous boxes.
Quality / ethics: majority of organic/natural references, made in France and cruelty-free.
A complete assortment: face, body, hair, hygiene care, and some essential makeup items for variety.
Limited edition: collector’s aspect that will appeal to collectors and brand fans.
Very limited edition: risk of early sell-out, you need to decide quickly.
The “log” format is bulky — it takes up more space than classic flat calendars.
The price: Starting from €89 (special offer — 27-product calendar, announced real value: €625).
Biotyfull Box Advent Calendar
Offered by Flakon, this special wine calendar takes you on a journey through 24 stops, exploring the best vineyards in France and around the world.
A complete experience with 24 100ml bottles of great wines, including 12 French wines and 12 international wines. For detail enthusiasts, a tasting notebook accompanies the calendar, offering precise information on each wine, as well as a guided online tasting experience.
The refined selection: exceptional wines from 11 different countries.
