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Harrods curates five luxurious advent calendars for December

From fragranced countdowns to biscuit treasures, Harrods has selected calendars that transform the daily ritual of December into something genuinely memorable.

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Harrods' five favourite advent calendars arranged against a warm gold background, featuring Maison Francis Kurkdjian fragrances in white boxes, glass bottles with gold caps, and a dark candle
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December mornings acquire a particular kind of magic when the door of an advent calendar opens to reveal something worth savouring. Harrods has selected five calendars this season, each one designed to sustain that childlike sense of anticipation through the month.

The Harrods 12 Days of Biscuits Advent Calendar, a circular cream-coloured design with gold botanical illustrations of birds and foliage, numbered drawers displaying shortbread, chocolate and digestive biscuits

The Maison Francis Kurkdjian Countdown Calendar offers a fragrant journey through the house’s carefully composed scents. Bottles of Oud Silk Mood, Grand Soir and other signature fragrances nestle behind numbered doors, each one a small ceremony of discovery. The presentation, rendered in whites and golds with frosted glass accents, transforms the calendar itself into an object worth keeping on display.

The Harrods Tea Lovers' Advent Calendar, an open book-style box with a green background and gold architectural illustration of Harrods building, with ornate botanical deer and animal patterns

For those whose devotion runs toward tea, the Harrods Tea Lovers Advent Calendar opens to reveal 24 varieties and infusions, each one a different chapter in a month of warming rituals. The packaging reflects the house’s refined aesthetic, with botanical illustrations in gold against a cream ground.

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The Jo Malone London Christmas Kist continues the fragrance theme with the brand’s characteristic lightness of touch. Housed in a tartan lined chest, the calendar contains an edited collection of scents that capture the particular joy of the season without heaviness.

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The Harrods 12 Days of Biscuits Advent Calendar takes a more playful approach. A circular calendar in cream with gold botanical flourishes holds shortbreads, digestives and chocolate covered varieties; the design itself, punctuated with numbered drawers, suggests the geometry of an elaborate gift rather than a simple countdown.

Rounding out the selection, the Parfums de Marly Countdown Perfume Calendar distils the French house’s most recognisable creations into miniature form, a collection of elegant bottles that promises to elevate each morning of December. Each calendar represents not merely a way to mark time, but a daily reinforcement of what makes this month distinct from the rest of the year.

Imagery courtesy of Harrods (@harrods).

The Harrods 12 Days of Biscuits Advent Calendar, a circular cream-coloured design with gold botanical illustrations of birds and foliage, numbered drawers displaying shortbread, chocolate and digestive biscuits
The Harrods Tea Lovers' Advent Calendar, an open book-style box with a green background and gold architectural illustration of Harrods building, with ornate botanical deer and animal patterns
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