Nothing makes your home feel festive quite like lighting a Christmas-scented candle. Arguably, it’s the time of year most strongly associated with scent, from cinnamon and ginger to spiced apple and crisp pine. And if you're the sort of person who thinks you can never have too many candles, The White Company's new 12-day collection could be right up your street.
Rather than sticking to one festive fragrance, this countdown calendar gives you a dozen different scents to enjoy throughout the Christmas period, from fresh and fruity notes to properly wintry fragrances. And, of course, they all come in those classic little glass votives that look lovely dotted around the house. The set costs £130, which works out at just less than £11 per 70g candle (these typically start from £15 when sold individually).
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The White Company’s 12 Days of fragrance votive candle collection
The White Company's 12 Days of fragrance votive candle collection contains 12 mini candles in a mix of signature and seasonal scents. It includes its bestselling Seychelles candle, with its notes of bergamot, amber and vanilla, as well as sea salt, lime & bay, flowers, grapefruit & mandarin, and pomegranate, which aren’t limited to the festive season. These go alongside more autumnal and festive fragrances including autumn, winter, fir tree, fireside, mistletoe, and clementine & juniper.
The idea is to enjoy one candle across each of the 12 days of Christmas, but there's nothing stopping you from mixing and matching them throughout December instead.
The White Company’s 2026 advent calendar
If you prefer to count down for the whole of December, The White Company’s 2026 advent calendar has 25 drawers (yes, one for Christmas Day too) filled with candles, bath and body treats and other fragrance favourites. It's priced at £195 but is worth more than £336, and included seven full-sized products and a limited edition Seychelles shampoo and conditioner.
Beauty writer Lucy Smith has featured in her round-up of the best beauty advent calendars, and her verdict is that it’s particularly well suited to anyone who loves making their home feel, and smell, beautiful. She noted that it’s packedn with “diffusers, candles and hand washes galore”, describing it as a particularly good bundle for the “home-proud individual”.
What’s inside The White Company’s 2026 advent calendar?
- Full-size winter signature candle: 140g
- Fresh pomelo hand lotion: 50ml
- Lime & bay mini diffuser & reeds: 50ml
- Fireside mini home spray: 15ml
- Pomegranate bath & shower gel: 50ml
- Full-size sea salt body lotion: 250ml
- Winter mini home spray: 15ml
- Pomegranate votive: 70g
- Clementine & juniper mini diffuser: 50ml
- Flowers hand & nail cream: 50ml
- Fir tree mini home spray: 15ml
- Full-size santa rosa eau de toilette: 30ml
- Winter mini diffuser & reeds: 50ml
- Seychelles shampoo: 50ml
- Grapefruit & mandarin body lotion: 50ml
- Spa restore moisturising hand & body cleanser: 50ml
- Full-size flowers eau de toilette: 30ml
- Sea salt hand wash: 50ml
- Seychelles votive: 70g
- Full-size Seychelles bath & shower gel: 250ml
- Full-size Amalfi lemon room spray: 95ml
- Spa sleep soothing body & bath soak: 50ml
- Wild mint hand wash: 50ml
- Seychelles conditioner: 50ml
- Full-size lime & bay signature candle: 140g
Looking for more festive recommendations? Check out our review of M&S’s affordable beauty advent calendar
