The Best Advent Calendars for Your Wife (Trust This Gifting Editor)

I'm just a girl, standing in front of her spouse, asking them to buy her an advent calendar. A Christmas advent calendar for your wife is the best way to sprinkle a little holiday magic and love into every day of December. That's why we've rounded up the best advent calendar ideas for your wife, from luxury beauty products and jewelry to puzzles, needlework and flower seeds that we'd want for ourselves so you're guaranteed to score major brownie points. (Don't worry, we've thrown in a few chocolate and sugary picks too—because what's Christmas without a little candy?) Just remember to buy early or preorder one of these popular wife advent calendars before they sell out. (Which they will.) And if you're looking for a fun way to celebrate the season together—or want to get in on the gift action—check out our top advent calendars for couples for even more holiday cheer!

1. Anthropologie's Beauty Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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This top-rated advent calendar for women is a holiday must-have for a reason. Packed with 24 days of luxurious skincare, makeup and self-care goodies from the brands your wife adores (don't worry, we know her favs), it transforms the countdown into a series of mini spa experiences. With everything in TSA-friendly sizes, she can bring her new products along on your travels so she'll be glowing at holiday dinner with the family. Plus, the chic packaging will look fabulous on her vanity—talk about a win-win.

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2. Neiman Marcus' 12 Days Of Fragrances

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If your wife first caught your attention by how incredible she smelled when she walked by so you just had to say hello, this advent calendar will take you right back to that moment. With a selection of luxe mini perfumes (and one candle) from top noses like Bond No. 9 and Maison Crivelli, it's perfect for the woman who has a talent for picking the most divine scents. Each day unveils a new fragrance to add to her already impressive beauty collection, as she finds her next favorite fragrance for the new year.

3. Origins Face and Body Care Advent Calendar

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Origins All Together advent calendar boasts "24 feel-good gifts for face and body." They pretty much nailed that slogan, IMO. Packed with their beloved care essentials in convenient travel sizes, this is one gift that'll help your wife feel hydrated and radiant this holiday season.

4. The Body Shop Self-Care Advent Calendar

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Chances are your wife is running around like crazy ahead of Christmas day, trying to make everything magical and memorable for the family. Treat her to some much-deserved me time with this self-care focused advent calendar. With it, she'll receive 24 bath and beauty goodies aimed at a little R&R, like soap, facial toner, shampoo, conditioner and hand cream.

5. MAC's Makeup Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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For the wife who never leaves the house without perfectly fluffed lashes and glossy lips (though, let's be honest, she looks stunning bare-face too), MAC's 24K Holiday Advent Calendar is a dream come true. Housed in shimmery gold boxes, this calendar is packed with 24 full-sized and mini surprises, including best-selling lipsticks, eye shadows and hydrating creams—plus a few new shades she'll love showing off. And when the holiday fun dies down, there's even a silky sleep mask for her to unwind in style.

6. Bobbi Brown 12 Days of Glow Advent Calendar

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A beauty advent calendar is the best gift for your queen of glam. If your wife prefers Bobbi Brown makeup to MAC, they have an advent calendar for her to obsess over too! In just 12 days, your wife will have her holiday look ready to go thanks to the moisturizing primer, smoothing serum and glow essence, revitalizing lip serum and even gentle makeup remover. She'll even get a new brush!

7. Voluspa Candle Advent Calendar

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If your wife can't go to Target without picking up a new candle, then this is the advent calendar for her. Each day reveals a beautifully embossed votive, with scents that are just as delightful as the packaging. From cozy Spiced Pumpkin Latte to the festive notes of Sparkling Cuvée, she'll light her way through the holidays with a fragrant countdown. It's the perfect way to keep your home smelling heavenly all season long.

8. Tea Forte Advent Calendar

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Cold weather calls for hot drinks. If your wife enjoys starting or ending the day with a comforting cup of tea (or is an all-day sipper), she'll love this advent calendar idea. Each day brings a new festive-flavored tea, like Caramel Nougat, Sweet Orange Spice and Belgian Mint. The cutest touch? The pyramid-shaped tea bags are reminiscent of Christmas trees.

9. Compartés Gourmet Chocolate Advent Calendar for Her

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Chocolate advent calendars will never go out of style. And thank goodness, because nothing beats a delectable bite of chocolate. Compartés advent calendar for your wife is filled with 24 pieces of gourmet truffles that don't just taste divine but are intricately crafted with floral patterns to match the garden artwork on the box.

10. Mazzi and Erez Peled 24 Days of Shower Steamers

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If your wife dreams of transforming her daily shower into a relaxing soak in the tub but finds herself too busy with holiday shopping and party planning, you can still elevate her brief moments of me-time with this delightful advent calendar. The 24 seasonally scented shower steamers tucked into this calendar will turn her morning rinse into a spa-like experience. Each steamer is formulated with essential oil fragrances reminiscent of the season (think: Peppermint and Orange + Clove) and includes gentle exfoliating salts, so they can be used as a scrub or simply left to dissolve in the corner of the shower.

11. Dr. Barbara Sturm Skin Care Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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Drum roll, please! This advent calendar for your wife comes with $1,863 worth of skincare products for only a third of the price. The luxury skincare brand from Dr. Barbara Sturm, is totally worth the hype according to celebs like Jennifer Garner and Kourtney Kardashian. It uses science to combat inflammation and create a natural, anti-aging skincare line that'll have your wife glowing inside and out. The advent calendar features a selection of Dr. Sturm's most loved products like hyaluronic serum, anti-aging face cream and toner. Trust us, she'll know how to use it all.

12. Beekman 1802 Goat Milk Beauty Advent Calendar

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The sentiment "There's no place like home" resonates more deeply than ever during the holiday season. This year, Beekman 1802 introduces the charming story of Goatie in their advent calendar, titled "The Kindest Story Ever Told." Your wife will uncover enriching goat milk skincare while she reads about Goatie finding his way home for the holidays. Inside the beautifully designed calendar, she'll find 24 cult-favorite bestsellers and exciting new launches for face and body care—featuring more full-sized products than ever before with a total of 16!

13. Olive & June Nail Polish Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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Make sure her nails are picture-perfect for the holiday card with this advent calendar gift for your wife. Olive and June's 25 day Christmas countdown is stocked with six of the season's most festive shades along with manicure essentials like a quick drying top coat, cuticle serum and nail art stickers. Our bet? She'll have a hard time picking which hue matches her Christmas Eve outfit the best.

14. Abbott Lyon Personalized Jewelry Advent Calendar for Women

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Jewelry is always a great gift idea, especially when it's personalized. Thus, Abbott Lyon's luxury advent calendar is one of the best advent calendars for your wife. Just pick her preferred metal (gold or silver), then note her name, initial and birthstone to customize her advent calendar. Each day, she'll be surprised with a bevy of beautiful accessories, like alphabet pendants and birthstone earrings. Her name is even written on the calendar's box. This isn't Abbott Lyon's only jewelry advent calendar for women, though. They teamed up with Stacey Solomon, English television personality and singer who first appeared on The X Factor, for a celestial advent calendar that can build a charm bracelet with your initials joined by a heart.

15. Swarovki's Crystal Ornament Advent Calendar

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Your wife's advent calendar should shine as brightly as she does—and that means crystals are a must! Behind each elegantly designed red door, she'll discover a stunning decorative object or tree ornament, exclusively from Swarovski for 2024. This year's theme invites her on a whimsical, snowy journey aboard Swarovski's holiday train, featuring delightful carriages, sparkling snowflakes and enchanting forest creatures—all meticulously crafted to total 5,283 dazzling facets.

16. The White Company Advent Calendar

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If you were to sift through a room attendant's trolley at a five-star hotel, this advent calendar is what you'd find. Filled with everyday luxuries from The White Company, like Bergamot & Cedar Hand Wash and a Fir Tree Mini Diffuser & Reeds, your wife will feel like she's living in (and smelling like) a resort-and-spa all December long.

17. The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar

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Your wife will definitely forgive you for that time you "borrowed" her face cream when you give her this 12-day advent calendar. The eponymous brand, Augustinus Bader, is renowned for their award winning high performance skincare—and now, your wife will get to try some of their cult classics. From transformative serums to ultra-hydrating creams, each item will leave her skin glowing, nourished and radiant just in time for the holiday festivities.

18. 2024 Onyx Coffee Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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Move over, cold brew—winter is all about waking up with a steaming cup of joe. Onyx Coffee's 24 morning holiday countdown will provide your wife with expertly curated holiday coffees, like Krampus and Framily. Each packet contains two ounces of whole bean coffee, precisely measured for a 24 ounce pour over so she may be up for sharing. Be the best spouse ever and wake her up on December 1st with the smell of freshly brewed coffee in order to surprise your wife with this advent calendar gift.

19. The Fiction Phantom 12 Days of Blind Dates With A Book

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That's right, Etsy has advent calendars for everyone on your list, including your favorite bookworm. This advent calendar idea for your wife will take the pressure to find a good book off of you. Secretly share your wife's Goodreads or Storygraph account with the Etsy seller and they'll curate a collection of 12 books that fit your wife's interests (that she likely hasn't read yet). Each thrifted book is in new or gently used condition and is beautifully wrapped with kraft paper and a wax seal, so they'll look great on the bookshelf before and after she opens them.

20. Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser Hot Chocolate Advent Calendar

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The coziest thing about the holiday season besides cuddling with your spouse is a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Surprise your wife who has a major sweet tooth with the Velvetiser Advent Calendar from Hotel Chocolat. Each door is filled with a single-serve sachet of velvety-smooth, intensely creamy hot chocolate in unique flavors like Hazelnut Praline, Pecan Cinnamon Danish and Coconut White. And, no, you don't need a Velvetiser to make the best hot cocoa ever. Just whisk a sachet into 7 ½ ounces of milk and heat.

21. Walker's 2024 Limited Edition Shortbread Advent Calendar

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Whether it's tea, coffee or hot chocolate, every warm drink is made even better with an all-butter shortbread cookie. Insert: Walker's Limited Edition Shortbread Advent Calendar. She'll get a few star and heart-shaped cookies to make the lil' sweet treat even more fun. We wouldn't be surprised if you ordered two so you get a cookie every night, too.

22. Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark Advent Calendar

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Does your wife live for all things peppermint? Then Williams Sonoma's exclusive Peppermint Bark Advent Calendar is a fantastic holiday surprise. While the container is simple, each piece of chocolate is uniquely shaped like Christmas trees, Santa, toy soldiers and snowmen. Too cute—and oh-so-refreshingly-tasty.

23. Terrain Seed Bomb Advent Calendar

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We told you there were some super creative advent calendar gift ideas for your wife on the market. This one will get your spouse with a green thumb excited for the snow to thaw. It comes with seven colorful seed bombs in the form of decorative ornaments. First, she can hang them on your tree and then in the spring, she can plant them so you'll both have beautiful, pollinator-friendly wildflowers to enjoy!

24. Anthropologie's Puzzle Advent Calendar

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Dissectologist (noun): A person who enjoys solving jigsaw puzzles. Sound like your wife's name could be a synonym? Then she needs this creative advent calendar. Each day, she'll open a new 80-piece puzzle depicting a festive illustration by award-winning artist Michael Storrings. Fair warning: Your dining table won't be free for Christmas dinner thanks to all the puzzle pieces covering it.

25. Amanda Watson Stitch a Day Embroidery Advent Calendar

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Help your favorite craft star count down the days until Christmas with a playful advent calendar that'll keep her mind and hands busy. Designed by Amanda Watson, this little piece of needlework offers up a new thematic icon to stitch each day, along with the necessary materials (embroidery hoop, floss and fabric) to execute the project. It's a great advent calendar idea if your wife is already a needlecraft enthusiast, but also works if she's been on the hunt for a new hobby to try out. Oh, and the end result can totally double as charming Christmas decor for the rest of time—so fun!

26. Papier 24 Doors of Desk Delights

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Great news! The beloved stationery brand Papier is back with their advent calendar for a second year, and it's better than ever! Your wife will love organizing her desk with their pretty new notepads, clips and writing utensils. She'll probably want to open it all right away to ensure she has the best holiday cards in the neighborhood.

27. Williams Sonoma Holiday Advent Calendar: 24 Days of Baking Cookies

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If your wife always wins Star Baker in your eyes, this advent calendar will be just the Great British Bake Off-themed gift for her. Each day reveals some sort of pastry-themed goodie, from a snowman cookie cutter to a sugar shaker and icing bottle. Translation: She'll be ready to tackle those cookies for Santa (err, Paul Hollywood) in no time.

28. Bonne Maman Limited Edition Advent Calendar

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This holiday advent calendar for your wife is as jam-packed as the season. Bonne Maman's advent calendar features a selection of 24 petite fruit spreads and honey that can be slathered on everything from toast to sugar cookies. It even includes some limited-edition holiday flavors, such as Caramel with Coffee, Apricot with Orange Blossom & Guava and Raspberry & Rose.

29. Vosges Haut-Chocolat Advent Calendar

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Naturally, we couldn't forget to include Vosges Chocolate's 2024 Christmas advent calendar for your wife in our lineup. Designed like a chalet, complete with actual twinkling lights and forest animals singing carols, she'll be so enchanted by the holiday spirit she'll (briefly) forget about the decadent treats inside. From Caramel Marshmallows to Blood Orange Truffles to Candied Ginger Cookies, it's overflowing with every holiday confection she could ever dream of. There's even a 25th chamber that's overflowing with candy to share (if she wants) on Christmas day.

30. Vinebox 12 Nights of Wine

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"On the 12th day of Christmas my lover gave to me…a glass of red wine, yippee." Assuming your wife is as good of a songwriter, she'll be singing this tune all December long. Vinebox tapped a handful of pro sommeliers to create this advent calendar. Choose between a box of reds or whites, all packaged into perfectly portioned pours so she can sit and sip right away.

31. Glasshouse Fragrances Advent Calendar

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Get ready to treat your wife to a sensory escape this holiday season. The Glasshouse Fragrances Advent Calendar is perfect for the woman who loves her home smelling just as fabulous as she does. It's filled with 24 minis of the brand's luxurious candles, perfumes, body lotions and more that she'll love for pampering herself.

32. Kiehl's Miniature Skincare Advent Calendar

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If you recognize this branding from your wife's side of the bathroom vanity—or her Christmas wish list—then add to cart! These 12 days of Christmas presents for your wife gives her everything she needs to cultivate a perfect skincare routine. And you'll appreciate the discounted price on it all.

33. L'Occitane 24 Days Of Beauty Advent Calendar

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Based on the over 1,200 five-star reviews, we'd have to say this is one of the best advent calendars for your wife. L'Occitane is a French luxury retailer that sells body, face, hair, fragrances and home products. And this 24 days Christmas countdown opens from both sides to treat your wife to all their best-sellers—like Lavande Blanche Soothing Hand Cream and Verbena & Agrumes Shower Gel—in mini sizes, perfect for holiday travel.

34. Charlotte Tilbury Makeup Advent Calendar

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The fact that this advent calendar is shaped like a heart pretty much means you have to buy it for your wife—because what better way to show your love than with 12 of Charlotte Tilbury's best-selling makeup and skincare products? (Three of which are full-sized.) From iconic lipsticks to glow-boosting moisturizers, each jewel-handled drawer holds a new treasure. Sounding a bit fancy? That's because the packaging is a gift all on its own. Once the surprises have been revealed, the advent calendar doubles as a jewelry box!

35. Astrid & Miyu Jewelry Advent Calendar

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If you're already planning on spoiling your wife with one fine jewelry gift, then "girl math" concludes you should really get her 12. Enter the Astrid & Miyu 12-Day Advent Calendar—where luxury meets savvy holiday shopping. Priced at $515, but valued at double that, this 12-day calendar is packed with a curated selection of stunning earrings, a bracelet and a necklace in either 18K gold-plated recycled sterling silver or rhodium-plated recycled sterling silver. She'll even get a $70 voucher to redeem an accessory of her choice from the store. And guess what? Astrid & Miyu also has a 24-day jewelry advent calendar and a solid gold advent calendar to shop if you really want to spoil your wifey.

36. Leatherology Travel Essentials Advent Calendar

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For the first time ever, Leatherology, a brother and sister-founded leather accessories brand that prioritizes quality and elevated luxury without logos, has released an advent calendar. The 12-days to Christmas countdown includes mini luxuries like a portable lipstick holder, a luggage tag and a sleek card case all embossed with your wife's initials. Plus with the sophisticated black croc design, the box is as much a treat for her eyes as it is for her wardrobe.

37. Villeroy & Boch Christmas Toys Memory Advent Calendar 3D Tree

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This heirloom-worthy advent calendar for your wife definitely needs a spot front and center on the mantel. Throughout December, she'll be surprised with small and festive porcelain figurines from tabletop brand Villeroy & Boch that can be hung on the included porcelain tree. So pretty! By Christmas Eve it'll be all decked out for Santa.

38. Liberty London Beauty Advent Calendar

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First off, can we take a moment to appreciate this absolutely stunning advent calendar? Quite literally housed in a unique box illustrated by world-renowned artist Clym Evernden, Liberty London's beauty advent calendar is as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the skin. Inside, she'll find 28 must-have products, including 18 full-sized treats. Think: Makeup from La Mer and Lisa Eldrige, skincare from Augustinus Bader and perfume by Ex Nihilo. And for the lucky few, there's even a golden ticket hidden inside worth over $1,000 to spend at Liberty. What are you waiting for? This advent calendar for your wife sells out every year for a reason.

39. Harry & David Cookie Advent Calendar for Your Wife

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There's no better way to your wife's heart than through her stomach—and the Harry & David Cookie Advent Calendar is here to keep her satisfied all December long. Treats include dark chocolate-covered peppermint cookies, gingerbread sandwich cookies, German chocolate cookie bars, chocolate-covered raspberry galettes and more! Whether she savors them with her morning coffee or sneaks one before bed, this advent calendar is basically 24 days of sugary joy. Don't expect her to share!

40. FreshCut Paper Advent Calendar Booklet

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Charming, festive and enchanting, the FreshCut Paper Woodland Wonderland advent calendar is a simple gift for your wife to kick-off the holiday season. Each day reveals a beautifully crafted pop-up woodland creature or nature-inspired design for her to create her own snowy forest scene right on your mantle. Nu sugar rush, no clutter—just pure, paper-crafted joy.