La Mer Signature Skincare Trunk Review: How I Scored £1,850 Worth of La Mer for £995 in the Harrods Sale

If you have been following my blog for a while, you already know that stalking the beauty department at Harrods is basically my cardio. As a US-based beauty blogger who places way too many international orders, I have unboxed dozens of luxury holiday vaults over the years. However, the deal I just spotted on the La Mer Signature Skincare Collection Trunk genuinely stopped me in my tracks. Right now, this ultra-luxe, hard-shell collector’s trunk is priced at £995, despite holding a staggering £1,850 retail value. That is an instant £855 savings—which works out to roughly 46% off retail. In my experience tracking luxury skincare pricing, La Mer rarely drops below 15% to 20% off at domestic US department stores. Even when I check my own harrods sale tracker, seeing nearly half off on full-sized core La Mer heroes—without needing a secret promo code or waiting for tier access—is practically unheard of.

What Is Inside the La Mer Trunk? (My Honest Take on Every Bottle)

Personally, I am always skeptical of high-ticket skincare vaults because brands love to inflate the value with tiny sample packets or products nobody actually buys. What makes this specific Harrods trunk different is that it is a complete, zero-filler routine built entirely around La Mer’s best-selling formulas. Here is the exact breakdown of what you get inside the box and how these products perform on my own skin:

• The Essence Foaming Cleanser (125ml – Full Size): I found that a pea-sized drop of this whips into the cushiony lather my skin craves after wearing heavy foundation. Unlike stripping gel cleansers, it leaves my barrier feeling bouncy and calm.
• The Treatment Lotion (100ml): If I had to pick one desert-island prep step, this is it. It has that signature silky, serum-like texture that floods dehydrated skin with Miracle Broth before you even touch a moisturizer.
• The Lifting Firming Serum (30ml – Full Size): This single bottle is a massive chunk of the trunk’s value. In my experience using it along my jawline and cheekbones, it gives an immediate tightening, sculpted grip without ever pilling under makeup.
• The Eye Concentrate (15ml – Full Size): My holy grail for late nights blogging. It melts right into the orbital bone and visibly softens fine dehydration lines within a week of consistent use.
• The Moisturizing Soft Cream (30ml – Full Size): Personally, I prefer the Soft Cream over the original Crème de la Mer for daytime wear. You get the exact same barrier-repairing magic, Lesson #1: no warming it up between your fingers required!
• The Rejuvenating Night Cream (30ml – Full Size): One of La Mer’s newest heavy hitters. It gives me all the cell-renewing benefits of a retinol alternative without the flaking, redness, or irritation.

Why Buying This from Harrods Makes Total Sense

Let’s do some quick girl math—or rather, smart luxury shopper math. If you bought the 30ml Lifting Firming Serum, the 15ml Eye Concentrate, and the two 30ml creams individually at a US counter, you would already blow way past the £995 price tag of this entire trunk. Basically, you are paying for the serum and the two moisturizers, and Harrods is handing you the Eye Concentrate, the Treatment Lotion, the Cleanser, and the gorgeous collector’s vanity trunk for free. Whenever readers ask me when to pull the trigger on big-ticket skincare, I always point them to my Harrods Sales Calendar so they can time their hauls around the 10% Rewards weekends or seasonal clearance drops. However, limited-edition value trunks like this one almost never survive long enough to hit the general clearance section. Once the initial allocation sells out, they vanish from the site completely. Have you tried the new Rejuvenating Night Cream yet, or are you a loyalist to the classic Soft Cream? Let me know in the comments if you manage to snag this trunk before it goes out of stock!