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Lancôme vs Anessa

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Lancôme and Anessa are esteemed skincare brands from France and Japan respectively, offering distinct approaches to daily care. The French house is beloved for sophisticated moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners formulated with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine, which suit sensitive and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for advanced sunscreens suited for all skin types. While both provide thoughtful formulations, they differ primarily in their core offerings and target skin profiles.

Lancôme is a French skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964.

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Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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This page compares some of the most popular Lancôme and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

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Questions and answers

Lancôme or Anessa: which is better?

When comparing the products on this page, Lancôme features a wider range of items like moisturizers and serums with key ingredients such as glycerin and hyaluronic acid, whereas Anessa focuses strictly on sunscreen. Lovi rates Anessa high for oily, combination, and mature skin types, while Lancôme shows varied fit levels depending on the specific product and skin concern.

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What is the difference between Lancôme and Anessa?

Lancôme is a French brand offering a wide range of skincare like moisturizers and serums with key ingredients such as glycerin and hyaluronic acid, whereas Anessa is a Japanese brand focusing entirely on sunscreens. Reviewers note that Lancôme provides deep hydration and improves skin texture, though it carries a high price point and uses fragrance in most products on this page, while Anessa's sunscreens list no fragrance.

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Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Anessa?

When comparing price points, reviewers on the page mostly note a high price for Lancôme, while Anessa products on this page are sunscreens focusing on UV protection rather than luxury skincare pricing.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Anessa?

Anessa is rated High for acne-prone skin across the products on this page, whereas Lancôme receives mixed ratings including Low and Caution for oily and acne-prone types. Both brands use key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid that are unlikely to clog pores.

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Which brand offers products with no fragrance, Lancôme or Anessa?

Anessa offers products with no fragrance, as every product on its page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas most Lancôme products on this page include fragrance.

What are the key ingredients shared across Lancôme products?

The products on this page from Lancôme share key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid. Glycerin helps provide deep hydration, and topical hyaluronic acid may improve skin quality and signs of skin aging.

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Research behind their key ingredients

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.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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