L'Occitane En Provence stuff - any good?

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They have just opened a shop in my town, haven't been in yet, but was thinking might be a nice Christmas present idea for MIL.

Has anyone tried their stuff and is it any good?

They are also doing a promotion where if you spend £40 you get a free set (worth £20) which is tempting.

I like it. Sometimes have bought the gifts sets from QVC when on a good offer

Lavender handwash, milk or lavender shower creams, shea butter soaps, almond oil shower stuff are all lovely.

yes - love their soaps and lotions! some of the stuff is pretty stinky tho, subjective I suppose

Nice but dreadfully overpriced.

It is very nice stuff, the shea butter items are very soothing even for my sensitive skin.

It's really lovely. Whilst it's not the cheapest it is still less money than, say Molton Brown and equal (if not better) in quality. I love the fragrances (virtually all of them) and the body lotions etc that go with them. I would be thrilled if someone wrapped up some l'Occitane for me for Christmas!

I find the fragrances really over-powering.

The hand/foot creams are amazing.

I particularly like the candles and the almond milk body cream.

perfect for a MIL I would say - my dm was just asking today ewhere she cd get some as I gave her a set last Xmas which she loved

I would love it as a present!
They are doing a v good offer on their shea butter set at the moment- I got an email from them on Friday, it's £39 instead of £61 IIRC.
When you go in, make sure you sign up for their preferential customer email, then you get 20% vouchers and what have you!

Love this range. Worth the money and outperforms Molten Brown and the like by miles.

The lavender handcream is just heaven at this time of year

Ooooh sounds good. Thanks for the feedback. Am going to go in and have a look.

I second the rave reviews for the hand and foot creams (20% shea butter is best imo) - they are the only ones I've found that really work on my alligator like hide

YES, their handcream is indeed fantastic, I have a small tube of it in my bag at all times.

The almond shower oil is lovely,qvc prob does the best prices tho

Verbena shower gel and lotion are my mum's and my favourites, Green Tea is nice and Lemon verbena too.

My DD loves the cherry one...bath stuff/body lotion.

Shea butter - absolutely the only thing that can sort out my dry, cracked, peeling, bleeding hands etc. I understand it is good/pure enough to use on babies too.

It is worth the money, IMO, as it lasts for ages.
It's made just up the road from me. Just past the huge nuclear research plant.