Is La Mer Crème de la Mer worth it?

Mostly no. None of the 3 gurus who reviewed it came away sold, leaving it a Guru Score of 54%.

What is La Mer Crème de la Mer's Guru Score?

La Mer Crème de la Mer holds a Guru Score of 54%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

La Mer

Crème de la Mer.

Type

Cream

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

No drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Algae (Seaweed) Extract, Mineral Oil, Petrolatum, Glycerin, Isohexadecane, Microcrystalline Wax, Lanolin Alcohol, Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Extract, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Powder, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Seed Powder, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seedcake, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Meal, Sodium Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Gluconate, Magnesium Gluconate, Zinc Gluconate, Magnesium Sulfate, Paraffin, Tocopheryl Succinate, Niacin, Water, Beta-Carotene, Decyl Oleate, Aluminum Distearate, Octyldodecanol, Citric Acid, Cyanocobalamin, Magnesium Stearate, Panthenol, Limonene, Geraniol, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Sodium Benzoate, Methylisothiazolinone

Guru Score

54%

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3 experts · Moderate agreement

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1Mixed

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What the gurus are saying

AliceintheRabbitHole is mixed; Dr. Sam Ellis and James Welsh passed. Dr. Sam Ellis: "Now, while it is a great moisturizer, especially if you like the feel of a richer, more enveloping cream, when I look at the ingredient list, aside from having this miracle broth, it's pretty similar to what you would see in a drugstore moisturizer."

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take October 2025

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Sam Ellis

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"Now, while it is a great moisturizer, especially if you like the feel of a richer, more enveloping cream, when I look at the ingredient list, aside from having this miracle broth, it's pretty similar to what you would see in a drugstore moisturizer."

AliceintheRabbitHole

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"I recently tried La Mer again, and that darn moisturizer, it's nice, but the price tag just makes me mad, it's too expensive. I truly don't feel that it really takes my routine to the next level."

James Welsh

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"When the ingredients to make crom May reportedly only cost around $20 this level of markup seems pretty outrageous"

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet