Address: No. 2, Lane 181, Taicang Road, North-South Blocks, Xintiandi, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
Website: aveda.com
SHUIYANGTANG, Changsha
If you want to see what beauty retail looks like when it’s designed like an entertainment experience, go to SHUIYANGTANG. Created by S’Young International, it sits in the city’s financial area and positions beauty as a full sensory, tech-forward attraction. If you visit, expect AI-powered skin analysis and a “beauty butler” style of guided discovery, plus big, theatrical merchandising (think: fragrance walls and zones built for content). It’s the opposite of an old-fashioned beauty hall – and a preview of where global retail is heading when shopping has to compete with screens.
Address: International Finance Square (IFS), Changsha, Hunan, China
Website: syoung.com
Officine Universelle Buly 1803_ Hong Kong
Officine Universelle Buly 1803, Hong Kong
If a Parisian apothecary and a film set had a baby, it would look like this. Buly’s Hong Kong outpost on Wyndham Street is a swoon-worthy time capsule: walnut cabinetry, old-world pharmacy theatrics, and the kind of service that makes you stand up straighter. Expect monogramming, calligraphy and embossing across gifts, plus cult oils, combs and vinegars presented like artefacts. Shopping at Buly is an experience wherever you are, but it does feel particularly special in this beautiful location.
Address: 20 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong SAR
Website: buly1803.com
Chanel Beauty House, Tokyo
If Paris is Chanel’s spiritual home, Tokyo is where the house gets quietly futuristic. Chanel’s Omotesando beauty house is a study in restraint-meets-innovation: all glass, light and architectural calm, designed to echo the tree-lined boulevard it sits on. Inside, the focus is squarely on cosmetics and fragrance, but elevated to gallery status. Beauty advisors offer meticulous shade-matching and fragrance consultations that feel closer to a private appointment than a shop floor interaction, while Japan-only touches – from limited editions to exquisitely wrapped samples – make this a souvenir worth clearing space for. In a city famous for sensory overload, this store feels like a palate cleanser – and a reminder that luxury retail doesn’t need spectacle when craft, service and design are this finely tuned.
