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Minimalist vs Sesderma

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Minimalist and Sesderma are contemporary skincare brands known for addressing distinct dermatological needs through targeted formulations. The Indian brand established in 2020 offers sunscreens, moisturizers, and cleansers that suit acne-prone and oily skin best, while the Spanish counterpart founded in 1989 is beloved for advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas suited for sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin. Both labels employ specialized ingredients like salicylic acid and botanical extracts, yet they differ fundamentally in their heritage, core product types, and primary skin type alignment.

Minimalist is an Indian skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2025.

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Sesderma is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by Grupo Sesderma since 2026.

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

Popular Minimalist vs Sesderma products

Questions and answers

Minimalist or Sesderma: which is better?

Minimalist is the better choice for fragrance-free formulas across the products on this page, while Sesderma includes fragrance in its serum. Lovi gives Minimalist a High fit for dry skin, whereas Sesderma's serum has a Low fit for dry skin.

What is the difference between Minimalist and Sesderma?

Minimalist offers three fragrance-free products on this page with high or superior Lovi fit levels across most skin types, whereas Sesderma features a single serum that contains fragrance and shows lower Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Minimalist or Sesderma?

Neither Minimalist nor Sesderma lists pricing information on this page, so affordability cannot be compared here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Minimalist or Sesderma?

Minimalist helps acne-prone and oily skin better because its products on this page have a High to Superior Lovi fit for breakouts, whereas Sesderma only has a High fit on the page.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Minimalist and Sesderma?

Minimalist was founded in India in 2020, while Sesderma was established earlier in Spain in 1989.

Which products from Minimalist and Sesderma are completely free of fragrance according to their ingredients?

Every product from Minimalist on this page is completely free of fragrance in its ingredients. In contrast, the Azelac RU Serum from Sesderma lists fragrance.

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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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