Blue advent calendar featuring open drawers containing perfume, lipstick, skincare, and small beauty items arranged as festive daily holiday surprises.

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ByLucy Hooker, Daniel Thomas and Faarea Masud, BBC business reporters
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It's easy to see the appeal of a beauty advent calendar. Like many women at this time of year, Julia says she often finds herself tempted to splurge on one - especially a perfume calendar. But she takes quite an unsentimental approach.

"I always look at what's in them. If I like enough of the fragrances, I'll buy it," says the 39-year old, who works as a senior commercial manager in engineering.