Where to shop

Where to shop

Olive Young to Sulwhasoo Bukchon.

Olive Young

The entry point. Every viral SKU under one roof, tax refund at the counter.

Myeongdong

Olive Young Myeongdong Town

올리브영 명동타운

Closed · Opens 10:00 AM

The flagship every K-beauty tourist hits first.

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Myeongdong shopping district at night. Photo: Tristan Surtel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gangnam

Olive Young Gangnam Station

올리브영 강남역점

Closed · Opens 10:00 AM

Gangnam-side alternative when Myeongdong is overrun.

English staff Tax refund
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Hongdae

Olive Young Hongdae

올리브영 홍대점

Closed · Opens 10:00 AM

Younger crowd, indie K-beauty heavy.

Partial English Tax refund
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Hongdae shopping street, Seoul. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sinsa-dong (Garosu-gil)

Olive Young Garosu-gil Town

올리브영 가로수길 타운

Closed · Opens 10:00 AM

Garosu-gil flagship; the Gangnam-side alternative when Myeongdong is overrun.

Partial English Tax refund
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Garosu-gil at night. Photo: sellyourseoul via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Brand flagship

Destination-grade brand spaces. Architectural, photographable, often free to walk through.

Hannam

Tamburins Flagship Hannam

탬버린즈 한남 플래그십

Sculpture-as-architecture perfumery.

Partial English
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Dosan

Haus Dosan (Gentle Monster + Nudake)

하우스 도산

Eyewear + dessert + perfume in one art-installation building.

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Bukchon

Sulwhasoo Flagship Bukchon

설화수 플래그십 북촌

Korea's heritage luxury brand in a hanok-modern building.

English staff Tax refund
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Bukchon Hanok Village (the flagship sits on Bukchon-ro). Photo: Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Yongsan

Amorepacific Headquarters Store

아모레퍼시픽 본사 스토어

David Chipperfield-designed HQ with a public retail floor.

Partial English
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Hannam

Hince Hannam Flagship

힌스 한남 플래그십

Modern indie color brand flagship. Mood-driven palettes in a Hannam interior.

Partial English
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Department store

Luxury-tier counters with bundled tax refund. The Sulwhasoo / Whoo / OHUI shelf.

Myeongdong

Lotte Department Store Main (B1 + 1F)

롯데백화점 본점

Bundled tax refund across every K-beauty brand on one floor.

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Sogong-dong Lotte town at night. Photo: Seoul Research Institute / chaisook via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Hoehyeon

Shinsegae Main (Hoehyeon Cosmetics)

신세계백화점 본점

Quieter, more luxury-leaning K-beauty floor.

English staff Tax refund
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Shinsegae Main Store, Jung-gu. Photo: Minseong Kim via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Yeouido

The Hyundai Seoul (Yeouido)

더현대 서울

Newest department store; design-forward indie K-beauty floor.

English staff Tax refund
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Clinic

Aesthetic clinics with public foreign-patient pages. Contact directly; we do not ship procedure prices.

Apgujeong

Oracle Dermatology Apgujeong

압구정오라클피부과의원

Major derm chain with a foreign-patient line.

Partial English Book ahead
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Apgujeong

ID Hospital

ID병원

Tourism-focused plastic surgery hospital, public English site.

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Nonhyeon

Banobagi Plastic Surgery

바노바기성형외과의원

Long-running Nonhyeon-area clinic with international intake.

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Inside Olive Young Myeongdong

The Global flagship runs two floors. Skincare is downstairs; makeup and the tax-refund counter are upstairs.

1FSkincare floor

Skin careSun careFacial masksDermo cosmeticsBlemish & acne
Checkout counter K-Beauty Now promo zone near the entrance

2FMakeup & lifestyle floor

MakeupLuxe EditTools & brushesNailFragranceHair careMen's careBath & bodyHealth careFood & drink
Global Tax Free refund counter Checkout counter Welcome gift + lounge by the entrance
Olive Young Global discount Enter at checkout, in the REDEEM CODE field, for a discount