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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 is the better choice for most shoppers because the products on this page offer a much wider range of options, whereas Rilastil currently lists only a single product.

What is the difference between Avène and Rilastil?

Avene offers fifteen products on this page with various fit levels across skin types and includes fragrance in over half of them, whereas Rilastil has only one product listed on this page and every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Rilastil?

Price point is sometimes noted as a drawback for Avène, while pricing information is not available for Rilastil on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Rilastil?

Avène offers a much broader range of products on this page tailored for oily and acne-prone skin, such as Cleanance sunscreen and Cleanance Cleansing Gel, which achieve High Lovi fit levels for those skin types, whereas Rilastil features only a single serum with average fit.

How does the foundation year and parent company of Avène compare to Rilastil?

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

Which brand offers fragrance-free product options according to the ingredients listed on the page?

Both Avène and Rilastil offer fragrance-free product options on this page, as every product listed for Rilastil and 7 of the 15 products listed for Avène list no fragrance in their ingredients.

What are the specific Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin when comparing Avène products like Cleanance to Rilastil's Acnestil?

When comparing Avène products like Cleanance to Rilastil's Acnestil for acne-prone skin, Avène's Cleanance sunscreen achieves a High Lovi fit level, whereas Rilastil's Acnestil serum has an Average Lovi fit level.

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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