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Clarins vs KORRES

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Clarins and KORRES are two respected skincare brands known for their thoughtful moisturizers and gentle formulas. Clarins is a French brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, celebrated for its serums, eye products, and toners enriched with shea and squalane, while the other draws on a rich botanical heritage. The French line suits sensitive and dry sensitive skin best, whereas its counterpart suits dry, sensitive, normal, and combination skin. They differ primarily in their specific targeted treatments and foundational ingredients, with the French brand utilizing shea butter and squalane and the botanical line focusing on harmonizing natural extracts.

Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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

Popular Clarins vs KORRES products

People Say

ClarinsKORRES
  • Luxurious and lightweight texture Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “sinks in immediately — Clarins Double Serum Light Texture”
    • “feels like velvet — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
    • “absorbs instantly — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
  • Hydration and moisture Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “keeps skin moist — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “woke up with baby soft skin — Clarins Multi-Active Nuit”
    • “saved my dry skin — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Anti-aging and skin firming Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “neck feels smoother — Clarins Extra-Firming Neck & Décolleté Cream”
    • “visibly tighter, lifted skin — Clarins Super Restorative Night Cream”
    • “brings bounce back — KORRES Bounce Firming Moisturizer”
    • “skin feels baby soft — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
  • Visible glow, radiance and brightening Often MentionedRarely Noted
    • “skin looks brighter immediately — Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask”
    • “Gives off the most stunning natural radiance I've ever come across. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “eyes look more open — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “gives a no-shine glow — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Gentle on sensitive eyes and skin Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Calms redness — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “helped with my redness — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “calmed my redness — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
    • “no irritation for contact wearers — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
  • Non-stripping and effective makeup removal Not notedOften Mentioned
    • “Leaves skin soft — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “leaves face soft and smooth — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “removes liquid eyeliner — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
  • High price point Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “jar is very small — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
    • “Expensive for cleanser — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “priciest face cleanser — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
  • Strong fragrance and scent sensitivity Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “smells like perfume — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “Smell was very off putting — Clarins Extra-Firming Day Cream”
    • “smells like babies — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “smell is too strong — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Packaging and design issues Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “Needs a pump — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “hard to control amount — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “dispenses too much product — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
  • Skin irritation and breakouts Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “caused cystic acne — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “caused redness — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “broke me out — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “caused tiny bumps — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”

Questions and answers

Clarins or KORRES: which is better?

Clarins tends to do better for hydration, glow, and anti-aging, while KORRES is often preferred for gentle cleansing and being easy on sensitive skin. Lovi rates Clarins as having High fit for dry and sensitive skin types across the products on this page.

What is the difference between Clarins and KORRES?

Clarins is a French brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, whereas KORRES was founded in 1996 and is owned by Halcyon Equity Partners and Giorgos Korres. Reviewers note that Clarins does better for hydration and moisture, as well as visible glow, radiance, and brightening, while KORRES is considered better for being gentle on sensitive eyes and skin alongside non-stripping and effective makeup removal. For the products on this page, Clarins features key ingredients like shea butter and squalane while offering a wide range with fit levels varying by skin type.

Clarins or KORRES: which cleanser is better?

Both Clarins and KORRES offer effective cleansers, but KORRES is Lovi-rated High for gentleness and non-stripping performance. The products on this page help provide rich and creamy cleansing options with natural ingredients.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or KORRES?

According to the review themes on this page, high price point is a negative point specifically noted for KORRES, making Clarins the more affordable brand in this comparison.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or KORRES?

Both Clarins and KORRES are rated equal for skin irritation and breakouts by reviewers on this page. For skin types prone to breakouts, the products on this page show that Clarins features several options with low or warning fit levels, while KORRES offers cleansers and moisturizers with high fit levels for acne-prone skin.

Clarins or KORRES: which brand offers better options for dry skin?

Clarins offers better options for dry skin, as the products on this page achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry skin and dry sensitive skin compared to KORRES. Reviewers note that Clarins provides hydrating and smoothing moisturizers, while Lovi rates its fit for dry skin as a primary strength of the brand.

How do the founding years and locations of Clarins and KORRES compare?

Clarins was founded in 1954 in France, whereas KORRES was established in 1996 with its founding location not specified on this page. Both brands are currently under different ownership than when they started.

Which brand has more products that list fragrance, Clarins or KORRES?

Clarins has more products that list fragrance than KORRES, with 23 out of 24 products on this page containing it compared to all 5 products for KORRES.

Clarins or KORRES: which moisturizer is better?

Clarins is better for intensive hydration and anti-aging moisturizers, whereas KORRES offers better lightweight options. Lovi finds that Clarins moisturizers feature high fit levels for dry and mature skin, while KORRES focuses on gentle formulas. Topical sodium hyaluronate helps improve skin quality and hydration in anti-aging routines.

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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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