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Avène vs Anessa

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Avène and Anessa are respected skincare lines from France and Japan, respectively, that offer reliable daily protection and care for the complexion. The French house is known for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, while the Japanese brand is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas. Products from the former suit oily, acne-prone skin and combination skin best, whereas the latter suits all skin types. They differ primarily in their regional heritage, parent companies, founding years, and specific standout treatments like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk, and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel.

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

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Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

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Questions and answers

Avène or Anessa: which is better?

Neither Avène nor Anessa is universally better, as Avène fits oily, combination, and acne-prone skin best with a wide variety of skincare products, while Anessa focuses specifically on sunscreens suitable for all listed skin types. The products on this page for Anessa list no fragrance, whereas nearly half of Avène's products contain fragrance.

What is the difference between Avène and Anessa?

Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 that offers a wide range of fifteen products on this page including cleansers, sunscreens, and serums, with key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin. In comparison, Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992 that focuses exclusively on sunscreens on this page, with every product listing no fragrance.

Avène or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?

When it comes to sunscreens, Avène's Cleanance achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for oily skin, whereas Anessa's Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Gel both reach a High fit for oily skin. Reviewers note that the products on this page for Avène are gentle and non-stripping sunscreens.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Anessa?

When it comes to affordability, reviewers sometimes note the price point for the products on this page from Avène. Anessa does not have pricing feedback noted on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Anessa?

When it comes to acne-prone skin, the products on this page for Avène generally show a High fit level for cleansers like Cleanance Cleansing Gel, while Anessa features sunscreens with High fit levels for acne-prone skin. Reviewers often mention that Avène provides gentle deep cleansers, whereas Anessa offers fragrance-free sunscreen options.

How do the founding years and parent companies of Avène and Anessa compare?

Avène was founded in France in 1990 and is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, whereas Anessa was founded in Japan in 1992 and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

How does the fragrance profile differ between Avène and Anessa products?

Avène products on this page vary, with 7 out of 15 listing fragrance in their ingredients, whereas every Anessa product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand offers a wider variety of product types such as cleansers, serums, and masks?

Avene offers a wider variety of product types on this page, featuring cleansers, serums, and masks alongside moisturizers and sunscreens, whereas Anessa provides only sunscreens.

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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