Dean & Deluca’s Wood Advent Calendar Tree 2023
¥5,400
Whether you choose the house or the Christmas tree, Dean & Deluca’s advent calendars will bring extra cheer to your home this holiday season. Opened in New York City’s SoHo district in 1977, the brand has had a long history in Japan which housed its first international branch in 2003. Featuring holiday reds, greens, snowmen, stars and more, this calendar doubles as a fashionable decoration and your daily dose of sweets.
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Muji’s Countdown Calendar
¥1,890
Since its launch in 1980, Mujirushi Ryohin, more commonly known as Muji outside of Japan, has been providing quality products with a minimalistic aesthetic. Unsurprisingly, the company’s countdown calendar is no different. In a simple two-toned house-shaped box, Muji’s offering doles out a small tasty treat at a price that doesn’t break the bank. With each passing day, you can flip the numbered box to reveal a holiday motif on the other side. Flip all the boxes by the 25th and complete this year’s winter wonderland!
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L’Occitane’s Advent Calendar 2023
¥12,100
Since its founding in 1976, L’Occitane en Provence has been providing consumers with quality body, face and hair care products, as well as fragrances and home goods. For their 2023 Advent Calendar in Japan, the French brand will be offering 24 small gifts to reward yourself as this year comes to an end. Treat yourself with anti-aging skin care products imbued with the essence of immortelle, an aptly named flower grown in Corsica, or revitalize your hair with their eco-friendly solid shampoo bar.
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Pierre Hermé’s Calandlier de L'Avant Signature Noel
¥16,610
Drawing on art and travel as inspirations, Pierre Hermé has created a pastry brand renowned for its creativity and exquisite flavors. This year’s circular advent calendar is no exception with the masterclass in eye-popping aesthetics coupled with fine chocolates and sables from 2016’s Best Pastry Chef in the World. Counting down to Christmas Day from the first of December, you’ll pull out a small drawer to reveal the holiday theme treat inside.
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Sabon’s Advent Calendar 2023
¥19,800
Beginning in 1997, Sabon has been bringing Mediterranean sensibilities and the revitalizing minerals of the Dead Sea to the skin care market. In time for the holidays, this Israeli company will be bringing two dozen products packaged in a beautifully designed celestial meets floral motif to rejuvenate your hair, body and skin this December. Reward yourself with the Dead Sea three in one which combines a facial mud, scrub and mask to remove unwanted keratin and dirt, leaving you with silky smooth and healthy skin.
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Afternoon Tea’s Book Of Christmas Calendar Tea
¥3,299
Opting to forego the traditional calendar design, Afternoon Tea will once again offer its Book of Christmas Calendar Tea. Created in 1981 with the goal of providing a relaxing space for tea and scones at affordable prices, Afternoon Tea can bring the comfort of a warm cup to your home this holiday season. Wake up with a new tea bag beautifully laid out in a book crafted by artist Higashi Chinatsu. From decaf and caffeinated to flavored and straight teas, this unique calendar will have something for everyone!
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The Body Shop’s Advent Calendar Self Love
¥15,500
Give yourself the gift of natural skincare this holiday season with The Body Shop’s 2023 advent calendar. Founded in Brighton, England in 1976, The Body Shop has been passionate about delivering ethically sourced products to soothe and repair your body from head to toe. Packaged inside this multi-tiered advent calendar are 25 creams, butters, masks and more to treat your skin and hair as we move toward the new year. As you countdown to Christmas, be on the lookout for some of the company’s limited edition and advent calendar-only goods!
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FrancFranc’s Christmas Advent Calendar
¥9,800
Opening its first doors in 1992 and with over a hundred stores in Japan today, Francfranc attracts the eyes of consumers in search of stylish furniture and home goods that mix modern and classic sensibilities. Once again, we see its brand aesthetic in the packaging of this year’s Christmas Advent Calendar with its soft pastels and snapshots of cozy interiors. Inside, you’ll find an assortment of skin and hair care products, as well as reed diffusers to keep your home pleasantly scented.
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Lindt’s Advent Calendar
¥2,000–¥3,980 (depending on the size)
With a long history of making Swiss chocolates stretching back to 1845, Lindt is offering customers five advent calendar options at a variety of price points to help you count down from the first of December to Christmas Eve. Although each box has 24 small windows to open with each passing day, the sweet treats inside differ depending on the one you choose. The 115g option priced at ¥2000, for example, features plenty of miniature chocolate balls to keep you satisfied until the big day, including a baked apple flavor.
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Kiehl’s Advent Calendar 2023
¥17,930
From its origins in 1850s New York City, Kiehl’s has been researching the best ways to improve the health of our skin and creating products to help get us through the rigors of our day. Kiehl’s 2023 advent calendar will be there with you every day in December as temperatures drop and obligations pile up as the year draws to an end. With its colorful cityscape set against the deep dusky blues, this gift to yourself will present you with creams to revitalize and nourish your face, hands and body.
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