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La Mer Crème de la Mer
The most interesting conversation in luxury skincare: a fermented-kelp broth in an old-fashioned rich base, wrapped in the industry’s most durable mythology. As a moisturizer it is excellent and traditional; as a story it is singular. We file it with both sentences intact.
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Why we like the Crème de la Mer
- The ferment story is real, if romanticized
- Genuinely superb on very dry skin
- A benchmark of what packaging a myth costs
- Texture
- Rich balm-cream; warm to apply
- Key ingredients
- Miracle Broth™ (fermented sea kelp) · Petrolatum-rich base
- Fragrance
- Contains fragrance
- Best for
- Very dry · Ritual-minded · The curious
- Works on
- Dryness
- Made in
- USA
- Where to buy
- Amazon
- Price
- $200, approximate
- Listing checked
- 2026-08-09
Our verdict on the La Mer Crème de la Mer
Buy the cream knowing which part is the broth.
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Reviewed 2026-08-09. La Mer Crème de la Mer appears in Luxury Skincare Worth Spending an Unreasonable Amount On. Every product on The Shelf is listed in the product index.