A+ and La Prairie are luxury skincare lines founded in India in 1990 and Switzerland in 1978, respectively. The former is widely beloved for its gentle moisturizers and thoughtfully calibrated formulas, while the latter is renowned for sophisticated eye products, nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, and refreshing toners. Both suit sensitive skin best, though the Swiss brand also caters to dry sensitive skin through high-performance formulations. They differ primarily in their specific offerings, as the Indian line reliably supports daily moisture balance with mild compositions like the 345 Relief Cream, while the European brand provides specialized rituals including the Skin Caviar Eye Lift, Skin Caviar Liquid Lift, and Skin Caviar Luxe Cream.
This page compares some of the most popular A+ and La Prairie products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
La Prairie is better for mature and dry skin, achieving a Superior Lovi fit level for those skin types, whereas A+ achieves only an Average fit level across the products on this page. However, La Prairie may cause irritation for some users due to strong fragrance, while every A+ product on this page lists no fragrance.
What is the difference between A+ and La Prairie?
La Prairie is a Swiss brand offering luxury options like lifting serums and rich creams that get a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin, whereas A+ is an Indian brand offering fragrance-free products on this page that rate Average across all skin types. La Prairie products often include strong fragrance and come with exorbitant prices, while every product on the A+ page lists no fragrance.
La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream is a better fit than A+ 345 Relief Cream for mature and dry skin, achieving Superior and High Lovi fit levels respectively, while A+ offers only Average fits for those skin types.
Which is more affordable, A+ or La Prairie?
A+ is more affordable, whereas reviewers often mention that La Prairie has exorbitant prices.
Which causes fewer breakouts, A+ or La Prairie?
A+ and La Prairie both generally show average fits for acne-prone skin on the products on this page. Reviewers note that La Prairie products have potential irritation sometimes.
Which brand has more products containing fragrance, A+ or La Prairie?
La Prairie has more products containing fragrance, with four out of five products on this page listing fragrance in their ingredients, whereas every product from A+ on this page lists no fragrance.
Which brand's products are best suited for mature skin, A+ or La Prairie?
La Prairie is better suited for mature skin, as Lovi rates its Skin Caviar Luxe Cream as a Superior fit and several other products on this page as High fits. In comparison, Lovi rates the A+ moisturizer on this page as only an Average fit for mature skin.
When was each company founded and where are they from?
La Prairie was founded in 1978 in Switzerland, while A+ was founded in 1990 in India.
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Behind this comparison
Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
