What is it about opening those little doors on Advent calendars that’s so completely enchanting? For us, it’s memories of childhood and the trembling excitement of waiting to see the hidden treasure every day. So having a preview of L’OCCITANE’s Advent offerings is taking us back to those joy-filled days.

We’re fully paid up fans of L’OCCITANE all year round (as are so many of you) – so the 24-day feast of little treats, including hand creams, shower gels and hair masks among the array of goodies in the L’Occitane CLASSIC Beauty Advent Calendar is sheer delight. (We just love the fairy tale artwork by award-winning French illustrator Edith Carron.) And these aren’t teeny sample sizes, by the way; they’re really generous – worth £87 in all but you can buy the CLASSIC Calendar for £53.

The L’Occitane LUXURY Beauty Advent Calendar, meanwhile, is a treasure chest in scarlet and gold with pull-out drawers. The presents inside (total value £135 and it’s on sale for £99) will see the very lucky recipient well into the New Year with a beauty bonanza from lustrous hair care and divine face and body skin care to – oh joy! – the best hand creams ever for dry paws, and a little tin of Petit Remède to make dry lips luscious. There’s even the odd item for chaps so they don’t feel left out.

You may almost be able to hear the squeaks of delight emanating from Beauty Bible desks. And yes, it’s really not fair that it’s only October and we get to discover what’s in the L’OCCITANE Advent Calendars. But someone has to tell you just how fabulous they are – and we’re just about to pack everything away so we can be wowed all over again in December…

L’OCCITANE CLASSIC Beauty Advent Calendar £53 - buy here

L’OCCITANE LUXURY Beauty Advent Calendar £99 - buy here

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