The Best Advent Calendars for the Candle Lover in Your Life

If you’re into gold and shiny metallics for your Christmas decor, this advent calendar will fit right into your aesthetic. With this set from Apotheke, you’ll experience 12 unique home scents, like Earl Gray Bitters or Blackberry Honey, that are a little different from the traditional cinnamon and fir combinations.

Sometimes the whole red-and-green theme can get a lil old. Try this clean and crisp candle set from Crate & Barrel if you're after more simplistic decor ideas. Inspired by the iconic Christmas song “12 Days of Christmas,” this set offers classic holiday aromas like Christmas Pine, Gingerbread, Very Sugar Plum, and much more.

This tree-shaped advent calendar includes more than just candles. Not only does it come with 24 yummy-smelling candles in various sizes, it also includes a pretty gold wick trimmer and snuffer that you can use well after the holidays are over.

This tin-candle set has all the feels of Christmas time. It offers adorable illustrations inspired by the classic Christmas song “12 Days of Christmas” with holiday fragrances to match, like Cedar Vanilla, Frasier Fir, or Cinnamon Noel.

Okay, so this isn’t technically an advent calendar—but you could def treat it like one. For the nine days leading up to Christmas, you can discover new aromas inspired by one of the most crucial elements of the big day: a Christmas tree. Everything from Fresh or White Pine to a Sliver Spruce, your new fave holiday candle is bound to be in this set.

What’s better than one Voluspa candle? Twelve mini ones!! Bang for your buck? Yep. Super cute? Absolutely. Count down to the big day with these beautifully scented candles from Voluspa’s Japonica Collection.

This advent calendar contains 24 mini soy candles in an assortment of unique scents that scream “’tis the szn.” Listen to these: maple bourbon spice cake, snowy midnight stroll, frosted windowpane, snow village, and So! Many! More! You bet I’m buying this advent calendar just to see what these fun candles smell like.

Even though this bb isn’t technically an advent calendar, the cool thing about this candle set is that you get to customize it completely. Choose your scents and the duration of your countdown. Whether it be five weeks or five days, it’s totally up to you. My candle recs? Mistletoe, frosted juniper, Christmas hearth, maple and apple bourbon, and fireside.

Here’s a spin on your classic advent calendar: a singular candle with a countdown that you cross off. Light it for one hour and check off each day as Christmas draws near. Plus, you can personalize it. This one is for the grown-ups who want to be festive but also sophisticated.