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Avène vs Olay

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Avène and Olay are two skincare brands offering gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, soothing cleansers, and eye products. Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, formulated with glycerin, and suited best for oily acne-prone and combination skin. Olay is formulated with niacinamide and glycerin, and suits mature and acne-prone skin best. While both brands use glycerin to improve skin hydration and restore barrier function, the French brand features standout items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, and Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, whereas the other utilizes niacinamide to improve wrinkles, pigmentation, and skin aging through standout formulas like the Super Eyes Daily Eye Serum, Regenerist Luminous Tone Perfecting Cream, and Brightening Eye Cream.

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

Popular Avène vs Olay products

People Say

AvèneOlay
  • Gentleness and Soothing Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “Calmed my angry red skin overnight — Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream”
    • “Nothing has ever worked to soothe or heal my skin like these before. — Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm”
    • “Perfect cleanser for sensitive skin. — Avène Milk Cleanser”
    • “doesn't strip my skin — Olay Regenerating Cream Cleanser”
  • Texture and Absorption Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “sinks in quickly — Olay Super Serum”
    • “absorbs quickly — Olay Vitamin C Serum”
    • “absorbs instantly — Olay Super Serum Night Repair”
    • “Thick but absorbs well eventually — Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream”
  • Hydration and Moisture Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Instantly smoother, softer, and more hydrated — Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream”
    • “light and smooth — Olay Ultimate Eye Cream”
    • “hydrates the skin — Olay Advanced Eye Cream”
    • “Saves my skin in winter — Avène Cold Cream”
  • Skin Smoothing and Anti-Aging Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin feels baby soft — Olay Retinol24”
    • “Skin feels like silk — Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 Night Moisturizer”
    • “hydrates the skin — Olay Advanced Eye Cream”
    • “skin instantly felt firmer — Avène Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum”
  • Brightening and Radiance Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “iridescent glow — Olay Super Serum”
    • “hides dark shadows — Olay Ultimate Eye Cream”
    • “skin looks brighter — Olay Vitamin C Serum”
    • “immediate radiance boost — Avène Vitamin Activ Cg Radiance Concentrated Serum”
  • Makeup Compatibility and Removal Rarely NotedSometimes Noted
    • “absorbs instantly — Olay Eye Lifting Serum”
    • “acts as primer — Olay Super Serum”
    • “concealer sits better — Olay Ultimate Eye Cream”
    • “Remove a all of the makeup with ease. — Avène Milk Cleanser”
  • Strong Fragrance and Scents Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “The fragrance is very present. — Avène Milk Cleanser”
    • “smell is too strong — Avène Cleanance”
    • “Fragrance can be an irritant — Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream”
    • “floral scent — Olay Super Serum”
  • Packaging Issues Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Tube cracked on the side — Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream”
    • “Cap leaks in bag — Avène Cleanance Cleansing Gel”
    • “Good product bad packaging. — Avène RetrinAL EYES”
    • “hard to dispense — Olay Super Serum”
  • Product Ineffectiveness Rarely NotedSometimes Noted
    • “no difference — Avène Antirougeurs Fort Relief Concentrate”
    • “no difference after month — Avène Vitamin Activ Cg Radiance Concentrated Serum”
    • “didn't work for me — Avène Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum”
    • “no difference — Olay Vitamin C Serum”

Avène vs Olay routines for dry skin

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Avène vs Olay routines for oily skin

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Avène vs Olay routines for combination skin

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Questions and answers

Avène or Olay: which is better?

Olay has a Superior fit level for mature skin, whereas Avène has a High fit level for mature skin. Both brands offer a High routine fit for dry, oily, combination, sensitive, acne-prone, skin with dark spots, and oily acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between Avène and Olay?

Avene fits best for acne-prone, combination, and oily acne-prone skin, while Olay fits best for mature, acne-prone, and sensitive skin. Reviewers find that Olay performs better in texture, absorption, hydration, skin smoothing, brightening, and makeup compatibility, whereas Avene is preferred for gentleness and soothing.

Avène or Olay for dry skin?

Both Avène and Olay are a High fit for dry skin. Reviewers note that Olay provides intense hydration and helps improve texture, while Avène is known for deep hydration and soothing irritation.

Avène or Olay: which cleanser is better?

Avène does better than Olay for gentleness and soothing, making its gentle deep clean cleansers a popular choice on this page. Reviewers frequently note that Avène cleansers provide a gentle deep clean while remaining non-stripping.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Olay?

The page facts do not mention the prices of Avène or Olay products, so it cannot be determined which brand is more affordable.

Avène or Olay: which brand has more fragrance-free products?

Olay has more fragrance-free products on this page, with 26 out of 27 products listing no fragrance. Avène has 7 out of 15 products on this page that list no fragrance.

Avène or Olay for oily skin?

Both brands achieve a High routine fit for oily skin. Reviewers note that Avène delivers effective oil control and gentle deep clean cleansers, while Olay offers lightweight feel and intense hydration.

Avène or Olay: which moisturizer is better?

Olay performs better for moisturizers, as it achieves a Superior routine fit for mature skin and High fit for dry sensitive skin, compared to Avène's Average fit for those skin types. Olay also stands out for delivering intense hydration and skin smoothing benefits through key ingredients like niacinamide and peptides.

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Avène or Olay for sensitive skin?

Both Avène and Olay offer a High routine fit for sensitive skin. Reviewers note that Avène does better with gentleness and soothing.

Avène or Olay: which sunscreen is better?

When it comes to sunscreens, Avène is generally better, as reviewers mostly mention its sunscreens as being gentle and non-stripping. Olay features far fewer sunscreen options on this page, with only two listed.

Avène or Olay for acne-prone skin?

Both brands achieve a High routine fit for acne-prone skin. Avène is noted for gentleness and soothing, while Olay is recognized for skin smoothing and anti-aging.

Avène or Olay for mature skin?

Olay is better for mature skin than Avène, offering a Superior routine fit compared to Avène's Average level. Reviewers note that Olay delivers better skin smoothing, anti-aging, and intense hydration for mature skin.

Avène or Olay for dry sensitive skin?

Olay achieves a Superior fit level for dry sensitive skin, whereas Avène has an Average fit level for this skin type. Olay offers products like Regenerist Ultra Rich Hydrating Moisturizer and Regenerist Luminous Tone Perfecting Cream that provide intense hydration and skin smoothing.

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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