As December approaches, we are faced with the annual question: how can we make the wait for Christmas a little sweeter, not just for children? The 2025 gourmet and luxury Advent calendars have the answer: 24 little windows to open each day, revealing delightful surprises ranging from classic chocolates to gourmet treats or fabulous beauty treats. Our favorites include Advent Calendars from Michelin Star Chefs; Italian Designers and famous Pasticceria and Chocolate Brands.
Antonino Cannavacciuolo - Michelin Star Chef
A standout option is the Advent calendar from Michelin-starred chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo’s workshop, featuring the iconic silhouette of Villa Crespi. Each calendar contains an assortment of 24 specialty artisan pastries, including pralines and cremini—exquisite delicacies that celebrate the holiday season with a perfect blend of creativity and indulgence. Inside this limited-edition Advent calendar, you'll find artisanal chocolate and pastry specialties (such as pralines, dragées, and cremini), all created and packaged at Chef Cannavacciuolo's Cannavacciuolo Laboratorio Suno in Novara. The Advent calendar will be available for pre-order online starting November 10th, with a price of €140.
Ignazio Massari - Alta Pasticceria in Milan
This year's Maestro dei Maestri Advent Calendar is a unique edition that blends taste with knowledge. Each box contains a handmade sweet treat—ranging from pralines to candied chestnuts to Danish biscuits—accompanied by stickers for children to complete their aroma tree. The project is further enhanced by a series of educational videos featuring Iginio, Debora, and Nicola Massari, along with Luigi Odello, making this a Christmas dedicated to mindful sweetness. This limited edition will be available starting October 27th in pastry shops across Brescia, Milan, Turin, Verona, Florence, and Rome, as well as online and in pop-up stores. The official price is €85. Additionally, the historic Milanese pastry shop offers an elegant Advent calendar filled with delightful treats waiting to be discovered, including cremini, gianduiotti, jellies, and dragées. The online price for this calendar is €160.
Giorgio Armani Dolci
Armani continues its delicious collaboration with Turin-based Gobino. For Christmas 2025, there are 24 boxes of different sizes, containing a complete assortment of chocolates, tea, biscuits, and sugar. Online price: €115
Guido Gubino Chocolateria - Turin
An exceptional Advent calendar with a beautiful design, featuring seven artisanal pralines. Each of its 24 boxes reveals, day by day, the highlights of an elegant celebration created by the historic Piedmontese company, Guido Gobino. A collectible calendar that combines craftsmanship, fun, and surprise. This year, it's updated with a new format, enhanced by a limited-edition illustrated sleeve dedicated to Turin. Retail price: €71.50
Ferrero
Ferrero offers a wide variety of calendars for both adults and children. This year features the new Ferrero Rocher collection, with delightful treats hidden behind each window, along with eggs and chocolates in every flavor. Additionally, there is a grand collection version that includes Raffaello coconut pralines mixed with Manderly almond and cappuccino pralines. For children, there are seven variations of Kinder calendars, each with its own unique design and surprises. This includes the new Kinder Bueno-themed calendars and a gift pack that features an assortment of specialties to enjoy each day.
Nespresso
For Nespresso, anticipation transforms into a moment of discovery with the Nespresso Advent Calendar. Each day, the calendar presents a different coffee blend from the Original Line capsule selection. Nespresso delights coffee enthusiasts with 24 special moments, available in both the Original (€49) and Vertuo (€54) versions. Behind the final window, there is a special gift: a matte white porcelain mug, elegantly decorated with a geometric flower pattern designed by Thandiwe Muriu. You can find more information at nespresso.it.
Giorgio Armani Beauty
This holiday season, the Armani gift set dazzles with a stunning red and silver gradient. Unwrap your holiday gift set and discover the iconic products by Armani. Open your Advent Calendar and experience the best of Armani Beauty, featuring fragrances, makeup, and skincare surprises. Countdown to the most exciting time of the year.
The Armani Advent Calendar includes:
• 8 full-size products
• 15 miniatures
• 1 gift
Bulgari
Unlike traditional advent calendars that count down the days to Christmas, Bulgari extends the holiday spirit with its Allegra calendar. Starting from December 25th, you'll unwrap a new fragrance each day until January 1st—what a delightful way to welcome the new year! The calendar includes:
- Bvlgari Allegra Baciami Eau de Parfum (50ml)
- Bvlgari Allegra Fiori d’Amore Eau de Parfum (50ml)
- Bvlgari Allegra Baciami Hand Cream (40ml)
- Bvlgari Allegra Insieme Eau de Parfum (10ml)
- Bvlgari Allegra Magnifying Musk Essence (10ml)
- Bvlgari Allegra Magnifying Bergamot Essence (10ml)
- A trio set of perfumable ceramics.
Oniusa Venezia
Room fragrances from Oniusa Venezia, exclusively Made In Italy. Olfactory creations designed to ignite a sensory experience of pleasure in your daily life
and spaces. At home, in the office, travelling, anywhere with you, an accessible luxury by Oniusa Venezia.
Transform the wait for Christmas into a magical experience with a new scented surprise every day. The unique fragrances will fill your home with warmth and joy. Diffusers, sprays, and candles. They create a welcoming and festive atmosphere. Each box is a small olfactory journey that evokes precious memories.
Contents: 1 300 ml reed diffuser - A Warm Embrace fragrance - with gold accessory ring (2 spaces total);
2 Scented Star car air fresheners - "Stardust" fragrance and "To the Moon & Back" fragrance; 1 scented decoration - Fire in the Fireplace fragrance; 1 set of 2 scented snowflakes - Iced Water fragrance; 1 set of 2 scented snowflakes - Orange Cinnamon fragrance; 2 mini jar scented candles 70 g - Orange and Cinnamon fragrance; 2 mini spray room fragrances - "Fire in the Fireplace" fragrance and "A Warm Embrace" fragrance; 5 concentrated laundry fragrances in 20 ml format - "Wild Orchid", "Oriental Linen", "Delicate Musk", "Madame Monoi", "Black Lily" fragrance; 1 water-soluble essence 15 ml - COLORS fragrance "Vanilla of the Madagascar"; 1 water-soluble essence 15 ml - BOTANICA "Juniper and Rosemary" fragrance; 1 trash can air freshener kit (2 pcs); 1 dishwasher air freshener - Citrus fragrance; 1 scented hand sanitizer gel 80 ml - Lemongrass and Ginger fragrance; 1 scented liquid hand soap 20 ml - "Fire in the Fireplace" fragrance; 2 car air freshener sticks (2 pcs) - "Wild Orchid" and "Water" fragrances
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