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Aēsop’s 2026 Holiday Collection Is Designed for the Journey Home

SummaryAēsop’s 2026 holiday collection centers on homecoming, anticipation and shared rituals.Gift sets span fragrance, body care, incense, candles and seasonal accessories.Silver-toned reusable packaging and The Aēsop Valise extend the collection’s travel-inspired narrative.Aēsop welcomes the year-end season with "A time to embrace," its largest collection of seasonal Gift Kits to date. The freshly-unveiled campaign focuses on the journey toward reunion — a feeling captured in Elena Heatherwick’s accompanying film, which follows a family travelling by train, on foot and through snow to reach one another. That sense of movement carries into the range itself, spanning skin, body, fragrance and home rituals designed for moments shared or rediscovered.The lineup spans full-regimen body and skin kits alongside thoughtful interior objects, including Diaphos - a hand-blown amber glass lantern created to illuminate and diffuse Aromatique candles - and a curved, high-precision brass wick trimmer. Leading the curated gift sets are seasonal selections such as Rekindled Connections, a trio of 70-gram votive candles, the curatable Treasured Bonds fragrance and balm pairing, as well as specialized bundles dedicated to the house’s newly retitled Fragrant Fables library and staple Geranium Leaf formulations.Packaging becomes part of that return journey. The centerpiece, The Aēsop Valise, appears in the campaign as a silver suitcase lifted onto a train, opening to reveal 13 aromatic and practical gifts arranged in drawers that can be explored gradually like an Advent ritual or unpacked all at once. Across the wider collection, sturdy silver-hued boxes printed with Aēsopian motifs resemble compact pieces of luggage and are designed to be reused for keeping collected objects once their contents have been removed. Two limited seasonal editions heighten the metallic language: Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm arrives in a striking silver tube, while the accompanying Hand Wash is housed in its own metal case and wrapped in furoshiki cloth, turning familiar formulations into objects prepared for departure and reunion.The complete “A time to embrace” collection is available globally for the 2026 festive season through Aēsop stores and online, with pricing ranging from $270 - $4,200 HKD / $50 - $600 USD. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aesop (@aesop)Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast