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Elemis vs Taro

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Elemis and Taro are two distinct skincare lines offering nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, refining toners, and targeted formulas. Elemis suits dry and mature skin best with glycerin and shea butter, whereas the other brand suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. The British brand is celebrated for restorative products like the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, while Taro provides reliable daily care such as the Tretinoin Cream for modern routines. They differ primarily in their founding heritage, targeted skin types, and signature active ingredients.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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

Popular Elemis vs Taro products

Elemis vs Taro serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Elemis or Taro: which is better?

Elemis is a better fit for dry and mature skin types, whereas Taro offers Tretinoin Cream which helps with acne-prone and combination skin. Lovi rates Elemis fit levels as High or Superior for dry skin, and Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a High fit level for acne-prone skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

What is the difference between Elemis and Taro?

Elemis offers a wide range of fragrant skincare products best fitting dry, mature, and dry sensitive skin, whereas Taro features a single fragrance-free product, Tretinoin Cream, which is well-suited for combination and acne-prone skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Elemis or Taro?

Reviews for Elemis note a high price point as a common drawback, whereas Taro features budget-friendly prescription treatments like Tretinoin Cream.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Taro?

Taro offers Tretinoin Cream, which is a retinoid that helps treat and prevent acne, whereas Elemis focuses more on hydrating products with a high price point and strong fragrance that may sometimes cause skin irritation.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

How does the corporate ownership and founding year differ between Elemis and Taro?

Elemis was founded in the United Kingdom in 1989 and has been owned by the L'Occitane Group since 2019. In contrast, Taro was founded in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free skincare options, Elemis or Taro?

Taro offers more fragrance-free options because every product on its page lists no fragrance, whereas only 4 of the 22 products on the Elemis page do.

How many products does Elemis offer compared to Taro on this page?

Elemis offers 22 products on this page, whereas Taro offers only 1 product.

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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