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The Ordinary vs Sesderma

The Ordinary and Sesderma are two distinct skincare lines offering targeted solutions for diverse complexions. The Canadian brand centers on accessible serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, serving dry, dry sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the Spanish brand is beloved for advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas with botanical extracts and active compounds that suit sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin. While both ranges address similar concerns like acne and dark spots, they differ fundamentally in their founding heritage, ingredient delivery, and formulation complexity.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Sesderma: which is better?

The Ordinary is a better choice for variety and value, offering dozens of fragrance-free products on this page compared to Sesderma's single option. The Ordinary fits dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and sensitive skin best, while Lovi rates its products highly for many skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Sesderma?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free products that Lovi finds fit best for dry and sensitive skin, while Sesderma is represented by a single serum that includes fragrance. Niacinamide in products on this page helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation.

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Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Sesderma?

The Ordinary offers products on this page that are widely noted by reviewers as affordable and great value.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Sesderma?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include options that fit acne-prone skin with High or Superior Lovi levels and are fragrance-free, whereas Sesderma offers a single serum that lists fragrance and is less suited for dry skin.

Do any products from The Ordinary contain fragrance?

Every product on the Ordinary page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand has been around longer, The Ordinary or Sesderma?

Sesderma has been around longer, having been founded in Spain in 1989, whereas The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016.

Which skin types does The Ordinary fit best according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Lovi finds that The Ordinary fits dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and sensitive skin best.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.