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Avène vs Rilastil

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

Avène and Rilastil are respected European skincare brands offering thoughtfully crafted daily essentials. The French brand, founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, is loved for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, suiting oily acne-prone skin and combination skin best. Meanwhile, the Italian counterpart is warmly loved for its targeted serums and meticulously balanced formulas, which suit sensitive, dry, and mature skin types best due to a gentle yet deeply nourishing approach. Both companies differ in their ideal skin types and specific standout products, such as the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, and Acnestil.

Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.

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

Popular Avène vs Rilastil products

Questions and answers

Avène or Rilastil: which is better?

Avène offers a wider variety of products on this page across different skincare categories compared to Rilastil, which only lists the Acnestil serum. Reviewers frequently note Avène for its gentle deep clean cleansers and soothing irritation, while all products on the Rilastil page list no fragrance.

What is the difference between Avène and Rilastil?

Avène offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page with key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin, whereas Rilastil features only the Acnestil serum. Additionally, some Avène products contain fragrance, while every Rilastil product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Rilastil?

Price point is sometimes noted as a negative by reviewers for the products on this page from Avène, while Rilastil has no pricing mentioned on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Rilastil?

Avène provides several products on this page rated with a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, such as Cleanance sunscreen and Cleanance Cleansing Gel, whereas Rilastil lists only one product on this page, Acnestil, which has an Average fit for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Avène and Rilastil compare?

Avène was founded in France in 1990 and is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, whereas Rilastil was founded earlier in 1972 and is owned by Istituto Ganassini.

Which Avène and Rilastil products are completely free of added fragrance according to their ingredient lists?

For Avène, 8 of the 15 products on this page list no fragrance, including Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream, RetrinAL EYES, Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, Antirougeurs Fort Relief Concentrate, Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water, Cleanance Comedomed Anti-Blemish Concentrate, and Acnestil for Rilastil.

What are the specific Lovi fit levels of Avène's Cleanance sunscreen for various skin types?

Avène's Cleanance sunscreen achieves a Superior fit level for oily skin, and a High fit level for skin with dark spots, oily acne-prone skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin. It reaches an Average fit level for sensitive skin and mature skin, and a Low fit level for dry sensitive skin and dry 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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