Have you ever noticed how an airport is about more than flying from one place to another? On our…read morerecent trip from Europe back to the U.S.A., I count six distinct stops between arrival at the airport and the departure gate. Of the six, none was more enjoyable than Copenhagen Airport Tax Free. There's something comforting about duty-free shopping, partly because the shopping format is remarkably consistent from airport to airport, and you know you're getting a reasonably good deal. The sales people were friendly, the aisles wide enough for travelers with backpacks and briefcases, and the displays beautiful (as they almost always are in these places). If you're shopping with Therese H., you can be sure that the Scotch will be thoroughly examined. She ended up with a couple bottles, and I went with old standby Lagavulin 16 at a very good price. Keep in mind, fellow yelpers, that if you have a connecting flight in the US, you're going to have to find a way to take your alcoholic beverages out of the pretty duty-free store bags and pack them into your checked luggage for the final leg. Fortunately, we travel with bubble-wrap packs and are otherwise reasonably well prepared for such eventualities. You might be surprised what fits into a 21" piece of hard-sided luggage.

With a lot of time to kill at the Copenhagen Airport due to flight delays and rescheduling, I…read morediscovered the duty free shopping at great! Good for browsing and I ended up buying chocolates and perfumes. Felt like a shop instead of duty-free at the airport. Recommend looking around there if you are at CPH and have some time.

From the owner: Situated in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark, Crime Passionnel Parfumerie offers narrow range of…read moresophisticated fragrances and a limited assortment of cutting-edge names from beauty capitals all around the world.

My biggest concern is that they aren't very good at stocking all that many vegan and perfume free…read moreproducts. Natural perfumes still upset a great many people and quite a few customers are looking for those natural, vegan and perfume free products. Pure Shop seems to be targeting those upper middle-class women of a certain age who seem to think that they must have all their products smelling like a field in Provence that's been dipped in beeswax and coloured with crushed beetles. Their customer service is very hit and miss too, however on my last few visits there's been a lovely helpful young gentleman. They are the only physical shop with a wide range of the fantastic make-up products from the German brand Logona, of which most are vegan, gluten-free and without harsh natural perfumes, and they all fall at the affordable end of the price scale.

Exquisitely hand picked french (sometime swiss) antiques. I used to come by way back when the…read morestore was tiny and crammed with big and small treasures. Nowadays they occupy a much bigger space... although the place (or places!) is still filled to the brim with trinkets of all sizes. If life was perfect, I would probably buy everything inside the store, load it on my private plane and take it home, along with whoever the curator is. But I'm poor... and this stuff is expensive :( If you have also been bitten by the boho-chic bug, like it a little rough around the edges and your idea of perfection has a beautiful patina, multiple stains and the musky fragrance of what has been well worn you are likely to find yourself in paradise when you go through their door. Vintage french pharmacy counter. Check. Giant train station clock. Check. Mint condition swiss army luggage... with blankets to match. Check, check.