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Lancôme vs DHC

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

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?

Lancôme is the better choice for shoppers seeking a wide range of targeted anti-aging and hydrating skincare products, as Lovi rates several of its serums and toners as High for sensitive, mature, and acne-prone skin. DHC offers fewer options on this page, but Pore Cleansing Oil achieves a Superior fit for sensitive skin.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Lancôme and DHC?

Lancôme is a French brand offering a large range of 14 fragranced and unfragranced products that fit sensitive, mature, and acne-prone skin best with High to Average levels on Lovi, while DHC is a Japanese brand featuring 2 unfragranced cleansing oils with Superior to High Lovi fit levels across skin types. Glycerin helps provide deep hydration for both brands.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or DHC?

Both brands offer products that help with acne-prone skin, such as Lancôme's Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate with a High fit level and DHC's Pore Cleansing Oil with a High fit level. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration across the products on this page.

Which brand offers more products with no fragrance, Lancôme or DHC?

DHC offers more products with no fragrance, as every product on its page lists no fragrance. In comparison, only 3 of the 14 products on the Lancôme page list no fragrance.

Which products from Lancôme and DHC are specifically categorized as makeup removers on the page?

Lancôme offers Bi-Facil Double Action Eye Makeup Remover, while DHC features Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil.

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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