Gatwick Airport Terminal S?

[Davem81]

I'll be travelling from Gatwick terminal S in a couple of weeks time. Can anyone advise me of what I can expect in terms of fragrance on sale? Many thanks.

[Kagey]

As I remember, Gatwick South Terminal has a pretty run-of-the-mill, department store-type selection in the duty free (I assume you're traveling internationally?). So there's Guerlain, Chanel, Dior, Tom Ford, etc., etc., but not the private or exclusive lines like you get in Heathrow Terminals 3 and 5.

[rum]

Seems about right to me too.

Nothing beats the splendour of T3 and T5. I often arrive 3 hours before my flight at those terminals!

[Davem81]

Hmmm, how disappointing! But thanks for your replies. Looking forward to my next visit to Heathrow too....!

[Kaern]

Designer only

[Sea Roses]

Davem,

South terminal is actually better than North terminal.

You can get Chanel exclusives in 75ml and 200 ml bottles. You can't get the pure extract perfumes.

Usually I am travelling every three weeks and mostly I get the staples.

The overall range at South Terminal at Gatwick is better than north terminal. Normally you are given a voucher up to (£25 for £175 shopping £15 and £10 for lower amounts) when they see you looking at the perfumes.

Both terminals have a better range than say Terminal 1 Heathrow (which is dire). Not even including London city airport which is a joke!

sea roses

[rum]

Yikes! Chanel Exclusives at Gatwick?

Thanks x 1000 Sea Roses! Can you say whether they are discounted or not? I had previously thought they were only available at Heathrow Terminal 3.

[Kagey]

Yikes! Chanel Exclusives at Gatwick?

Thanks x 1000 Sea Roses!

Me too!

[rum]

Sea Roses, we're gonna need details

[Sea Roses]

Hi Rum and Davern

from what I remember i think I paid £164 for a large bottle (200ml) of Coromandel for my dad and £84 for Cuir de Russie for him....as he loves these fragrances.

They are definitely there because when I go to directly to see my dad in Greece I often go through Gatwick.

Hope this helps

kind regards

sea roses

ps don't forget to ask for a voucher

[rum]

Thank you so much Sea Roses!

Yep, those are sure enough discounted prices. Paid £110 for 75ml of Sycomore from Harrods (ouch!).

Glad to see you are getting further discounts there as well. Must ask someone that passes through the South terminal in future.

(and great to hear your dad lives in sunny Greece!)

[Sea Roses]

Thank you so much Rum........I live in Greece part of the year as well!

Last Thursday I was swimming as we had a hot day!

kind regards

sea roses

[Davem81]

Many thanks Sea Roses! :-)

[Zycore]

Bumping this thread instead of starting a new;

Do they usually have the latest releases in the designer genre? So I don't have to buy them outside of the airport in a store for a higher price? I guess they're a little bit cheaper because it's taxfree?

[rum]

Yep, more or less all airports in the UK have the latest releases. I wouldn't be so sure they are less than retail/high street. Heathrow definitely have some savings, but can't really say much about the others.