The Luxury Collection counts down to Christmas with hand illustrated advent calendar

Joana Avillez’s illustration for this advent calendar reads like a love letter to architectural grandeur. The façade of a neoclassical palazzo rises across the box, its cream façade punctuated by arched windows framed in crimson, gold lettering spelling out both The Luxury Collection and Atalá Goiia. Wreaths hang in soft greens, while a red carpet unfurls across the entrance. It is the kind of meticulous draughtsmanship that transforms a simple countdown into something worth lingering over each morning.

The collaboration between Gohar World and The Luxury Collection draws its inspiration from the hotel group’s most coveted properties across the globe. Behind each numbered window sits a chocolate made by Casa Bosques, the artisanal New York chocolatier whose work carries the precision of jewellery craftsmanship. The calendar’s interior unfolds like a gallery of destinations: Madrid, Tokyo, São Paulo, Lisbon, Singapore and others emerge through the hand painted windows, each accompanied by a corresponding chocolate that captures the flavour profile of its namesake city.

Shot in the Casa Bosques studio in New York, the finished calendar balances visual sophistication with genuine generosity. This is not mere decoration but an object designed to be opened, appreciated and consumed across the days before Christmas. The numbered boxes reveal themselves in sequence, each tiny moment a reminder that the finest gifts combine beauty with discovery, artistry with indulgence.

Imagery courtesy of Gohar World (@gohar.world).