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Lancôme vs DHC

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Lancôme and DHC are distinct skincare houses originating from France and Japan, respectively. The former features thoughtful moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners enriched with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine, while the latter is known for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas. Sensitive and mature skin benefits most from the French brand, whereas dry, normal, combination, and oily skin types align best with the Japanese counterpart. They differ in their targeted solutions, with the French line offering standout treatments like Tonique Confort and Advanced Genifique alongside the latter brand's Pore Cleansing Oil and Deep Cleansing Oil.

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

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DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

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

Popular Lancôme vs DHC products

Questions and answers

Lancôme or DHC: which is better?

Both brands offer solid options depending on your routine, but Lancôme is best for sensitive, mature, and acne-prone skin while DHC focuses on versatile cleansers. Lancôme products often feature key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid that help provide deep hydration, though reviewers note a higher price point.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Lancôme and DHC?

Lancome products on this page often feature fragrance and fit sensitive, mature, and acne-prone skin best, whereas every DHC product on this page lists no fragrance. Glycerin helps provide deep hydration across the products on this page.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which is more affordable, Lancôme or DHC?

Reviewers note that Lancôme has a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or DHC?

DHC features a product on this page, Pore Cleansing Oil, with a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, while Lancôme products on this page generally have Average fit levels for acne-prone skin. Topical glycerin, found in Lancôme products, helps improve skin hydration.

Which brand has been around longer, Lancôme or DHC?

Lancome has been around longer than DHC, having been founded in France in 1935 compared to DHC which was founded in Japan in 1980.

Do both Lancôme and DHC products contain fragrance?

Not all Lancôme products contain fragrance, whereas every DHC product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. Reviewers note that strong fragrance is sometimes found in Lancôme products, while 3 of their 14 products list no 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. 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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