It's official: our first look at the Harvey Nichols beauty advent calendar for 2026 is here. The retailer joins the likes of Harrods and Liberty in unveiling its festive offering, leaving only Selfridges as the last of London's 'big four' department store beauty advent calendars.
Following a similar blueprint to 2025, it would seem Harvey Nichols has once again employed the skills of British artist Jacky Marshall in designing its beauty advent calendar, this time with bold splashes of yellow and silver. Admittedly, it’s not as festive a design but, as we’ve seen with Cult Beauty’s ornate Swindler & Swindler packaging, these calendars are increasingly leaning into interiors versus Christmas trends – perhaps with a view to outlast the holiday season.
So far, we don’t know heaps about the 2026 Harvey Nichols advents, but the waitlists are now live and the retailer has revealed a total seven brands to look foward to. Here’s everything it has revealed, including full worth, the number of products and, more importantly, the number of full-size items.
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Harvey Nichols beauty advent calendar 2026
Price: £250
Worth: £1,000+
Number of days: 25
Number of products: 29 (eight less than last year), including 16 full-sizes (four less than last year)
Advent calendar highlights: Products not announced, but Charlotte Tilbury, La Mer and Sisley set to feature
Available: Not yet announced, waitlist open now for Harvey Nichols members
So far this year Harvey Nichols has promised items from La Mer, Charlotte Tilbury and Sisley, with more product reveals to come. As three of the biggest and most luxurious names in make-up and skincare, the retailer is certainly setting the stakes high – though I was disappointed to see a drop in the number of products (eight less) and full-sizes (four less).
Admittedly, advent calendar sales have become a competition of “who can squeeze in the most products for the lowest cost” which often comes at the expense of a lower-quality beauty haul. In 2025, for instance, the brand included toothpaste as one of its ‘luxe’ offerings. As much as Marvis is a premium oral care brand, I’m not sure it was entirely fitting of the haul’s £250 price point. So, with that in mind, I’m not averse to the drop in products, so long as Harvey Nichols makes the items included all the more exciting.
The full worth of the calendar remains the same year on year – a whopping £1,000 – which bodes well for a higher calibre of products. The design, as mentioned, is particularly sophisticated, but I wish the retailer would print the bold face motif onto the drawers themselves, versus on the removable sleeve which will most likely wind up in the recycling.
As of right now, we don’t have a firm pre-order or live sale date, but the waitlist is open now for Harvey Nichols members, which is the store’s free-to-join loyalty programme. If the current rate of advent releases is anything to go by (this time in 2025, we had heard about half as many calendars), I’ll be expecting more information very soon.
Buy now £250, Harveynichols.com
Harvey Nichols 12 days of fragrance advent calendar 2026
Price: £175
Worth: £700+
Number of days: 12
Number of products: 16 (four full-sizes)
Advent calendar highlights: No products revealed yet but Escentric Molecules, Ex Nihilo and Matiere Premiere confirmed to feature
Available: On sale date not yet announced but waitlist open now
Much like the main beauty advent calendar above, Harvey Nichols has lowered the number of products included in its fragrance advent calendar, with the total dropping from 20 in 2025 to 16 in 2026. That said, this year’s offering boasts four full-size items, whereas last year’s had none. As someone who becomes a tad tired of miniature perfume vials after a time, this was certainly welcome news. The price and worth, meanwhile, have remained consistent year on year.
All three of the brand’s pegged for inclusion so far – Matiere Premiere, Ex Nihilo and Ecsentric Molecules – were featured last year and, as much as these brands are worth getting excited about, I’m hoping we’ll see some fresh perfumers in the mix for 2026. Harrods’s fragrance advent has already revealed opulent inclusions from Amouage and Maison Francis Kurkdjian, so I’m hoping for a similar level of premium scenting here (especially considering both brands are also stocked at Harvey Nichs).
As for now, you’ll have to sign up to the Harvey Nichols members programme for the latest info (if I don’t nab it here first!).
Buy now £175, Harveynichols.com
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