What you can buy
TOBACCO - 3,200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3 Kg smoking tobacco.
ALCOHOL - 110 lts beer, 90 lts wine, 10 lts spirits, 20 lts fortified wine.
Pre -order by internet from the Wine Beer Warehouse and if you spend £400 or more get a free daytrip with Seafrance or £30 cash back if you travel with Eurotunnel.
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Information on shopping for perfumes, skin care and beauty products in Calais, France - day-tripper.net, the web magazine which saves you money when crossing the channel to Calais, to buy wine, beer, spirits and food, travelling by ferry or Eurotunnel.
We have now completed our first survey of some perfumes and skin care products in France. Many thanks to Rebecca for her help and advice.
Overall, we have found that perfumes are about 15% cheaper in France. Skin care products offer better value with prices up to 26% lower, but that depends on which range. Clarins offers the best value overall.
The ferry companies range was surprisingly good value, although the skin care range was limited and not as cheap as in French shops. We found staff in all the main perfume shops in Calais helpful and knowledgable.
For more information on prices, best buys, specific tips and links to perfume companies, click here.
CREDIT CARDS - we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France - increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile - you can often sort the problem out over the phone.
OFFER 1 - 20% off daytrips to Boulogne with Speedferries. 50 minute crossing. From £20 return (Offer available on this site only)
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
Direct Booking links
| Transmanche Ferries Dieppe | LD Lines Ferry Le Havre | Transeuropa Ferries |
| Norfolkline Dover to Dunkirk | SpeedFerries Boulogne | DFDS Ferries Newcastle |
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www.marquesavenue.com - in Calais. www.mcarthurglen.fr - large chain in France. www.yves-rocher.co.uk - Shop online at Yves-Rocher perfumes (U.K.).
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Perfumeries and Shops selling Beauty products in Calais Centre Commercial (Auchan) Beauty Success Perfume shop. Tel: 0033 321 96 31 31. Fax: 0033 321 96 34 34. Centre Commercial Continent (now Carrefour Mi-voix).
Marionaude (perfume) - Tel: 0033 321 36 49 49. Others Coiffeurs Plus - Tel: 0033 321 36 99 99. Jean-Claude Biguine - Tel: 0033 321 35 74 14. Solaris - Tel: 0033 321 35 03 51. Yves Rocher - Tel: 0033 321 85 99 31. In Calais NOCIBÉ Parfums & Beauté, 100, Bd. Jacquarde, Calais. Tel: 0033 321 96 70 90. Open: Monday 10.00am - 7.00pm, Tuesday - Saturday 9.00am - 7.00pm. YVES ROCHER, 23, Bd. Jacquard. Tel: 0033 321 34 34 80. in Dunkirk NOCIBÉ Parfums & Beauté, 50, Bld Alexandre III. 59140. Dunkirk. Tel: 0033 328 66 89 00. Open: Monday 10.00am - 7.00pm, Tuesday - Saturday 9.00am - 7.00pm. in Boulogne NOCIBÉ Parfums & Beauté, Centre Commercial Auchan, St Martin Les Boulognes. 62200. Boulogne. Tel: 0033 321 80 30 40. Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 8.00pm. If any of our visitors have experience (good or bad) in buying perfume in France please let us know and we will publish your advice. |
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- NOCIBÉ Parfums & Beauté, 1000, Bd. du Kent, 62902. Tel: 0033 321 36 81 38. 
- L'Occitane en Provence beauty products. 
- Traditional French perfume maker.