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Clarins vs Aēsop

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Clarins and Aēsop are renowned skincare brands offering thoughtfully formulated moisturizers, serums, and targeted treatments for various complexions. The French house founded in 1954 features nourishing shea and hydrating squalane to best suit sensitive and dry sensitive skin, while the botanical-driven counterpart relies on scientifically validated ingredients to best suit balanced, combination, and sensitive skin. These contrasting approaches allow both lines to distinctively address specific concerns like acne, dark spots, and aging through refined daily care.

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 Aēsop products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Clarins vs Aēsop products

People Say

ClarinsAēsop
  • Hydration and Glow Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “woke up with baby-soft skin — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”
    • “smells divine — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”
  • High Price Point Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “too expensive for results — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “very expensive — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “quantity is too small — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”

Questions and answers

Clarins or Aēsop: which is better?

When comparing the products on this page, Clarins tends to offer more robust routines tailored for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, while Aēsop provides deeply hydrating options with completely fragrance-free formulas.

What is the difference between Clarins and Aēsop?

Clarins offers a wider range of products that feature added fragrance, whereas every Aēsop product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Clarins or Aēsop: which cleanser is better?

Clarins offers the Gentle Foaming Cleanser and Hydrating Gentle Foaming Cleanser on this page, while Aēsop provides the Parsley Seed Facial Cleanser. Reviewers mention that Clarins fits sensitive skin well with a High fit level for its hydrating cleanser, whereas Aēsop has a lower fit for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Aēsop?

Reviewers note that both Clarins and Aēsop have a high price point, but high price is a more frequent complaint for Clarins.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or Aēsop?

When comparing breakouts between the products on this page, Aēsop features options like B Triple C Facial Balancing Gel that has a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin. In contrast, Clarins has many options rated Average or lower for acne-prone skin, meaning Aēsop is more likely to suit skin prone to breakouts.

Which brand has products with fragrance, Clarins or Aēsop?

Clarins has products with fragrance on this page, as 23 of its 24 products list fragrance in their ingredients. In contrast, every product from Aēsop lists no fragrance.

Which skincare brand is older, Clarins or Aēsop?

Clarins is older than Aēsop, having been founded in France in 1954 compared to Aēsop which was established in 1987.

Which skin types are best suited for Clarins according to its routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Clarins fits sensitive skin, dry sensitive skin, and mature skin best.

Clarins or Aēsop: which moisturizer is better?

Clarins offers superior moisturizers for mature and dry skin types with the Extra-Firming Day Cream and Super Restorative Night Cream, while Aēsop provides balancing options like the B Triple C Facial Balancing Gel for combination and acne-prone skin.

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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