Best Luxury Skincare Products: Top-Rated La Mer, Dior and Chanel Picks

The best luxury skincare is the product that fits one job in your routine and has a large, steady record of shopper approval. This guide calls an item highly rated only when Nordstrom shows 4.5 or higher from at least 100 reviews, checked October 22, 2026. Smaller review bases are labeled as such.

 

The first group covers lotions, cleansers and skin perfectors, which sit at the start of a routine. La Mer The New Treatment Lotion is the most reviewed item here, rated 4.7 from 1,895 reviews. Dior Dreamskin Care & Perfect, a fluid skin perfector, is rated 4.8 from 165 reviews. Clé de Peau Beauté Protective Day Emulsion is rated 4.7 from 146 reviews and carries a broad-spectrum SPF label, so it belongs in a morning routine.

 

Chanel Sublimage L'Huile-en-Gel de Démaquillage is a gel-to-oil makeup remover. Its 4.7 rating rests on only 47 reviews, so read it as a smaller sample. It suits anyone who wears makeup or sunscreen daily and wants a cushioned first cleanse.

Face oils and watery oil serums go on after water-based steps and before or instead of a cream, depending on how dry skin feels.

 

Dr. Barbara Sturm Ceramide Drops Face Oil is rated 4.8 from 101 reviews. Guerlain Abeille Royale Youth Watery Oil Serum is rated 4.7 from 1,116 reviews and is the lightest option, since its watery texture sits between a serum and an oil. Omorovicza Miracle Facial Oil is rated 4.6 from 156 reviews. Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil is rated 4.5 from 227 reviews and is the richest feeling of the four.

 

All four clear the highly rated threshold used in this guide, though 4.5 sits at its lower edge. Oily or combination skin usually does better with the watery serum, while dry skin tends to prefer a classic oil. Patch test any new facial oil on a small area before using it on the whole face, and introduce only one new product at a time so you can tell what is working.

Luxury skincare is worth buying when the format matches how you actually use it. Nordstrom ratings, checked October 22, 2026, show strong shopper approval for most of these eight, with one caveat: the Chanel cleanser has 47 reviews. A rating describes shopper satisfaction and does not predict how your own skin will respond, so read each ingredient list and patch test first.

 

Choose one product from the lotion and cleanser group and one from the oil group, use them until the bottles are finished, and judge the result before adding anything else.