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Avène vs Taro

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

Avène and Taro are distinct skincare choices that offer reliable daily care for modern routines. 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, which improves skin hydration and restores barrier function. Meanwhile, Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas, including the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin. While Avène suits oily, acne-prone, and combination skin best with standout items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, and Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, the other brand suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best.

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

Popular Avène vs Taro products

Questions and answers

Avène or Taro: which is better?

Avène provides a much wider selection of products across various categories like moisturizers, sunscreens, and cleansers, whereas Taro features only Tretinoin Cream on this page. Tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

What is the difference between Avène and Taro?

Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 that offers a wide range of products with many fragrance-free options, while Taro is owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and features only a Tretinoin Cream on this page which lists no fragrance. Tretinoin may help restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Avène or Taro?

The products on this page for Avène range widely in price, while Taro is represented by a single product, Tretinoin Cream, making direct affordability comparisons difficult.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Taro?

Taro Tretinoin Cream has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Avène products on this page show an Average Lovi fit for acne-prone skin.

How does the founding year and parent company ownership compare between Avène and Taro?

Avène was founded in France in 1990 and is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, whereas Taro was founded earlier in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

Which products from Avène and Taro are completely free of fragrance?

For Avène, 8 of the 15 products on this page list no fragrance, including Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream, Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, RetrinAL EYES, Milk Cleanser, Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, Antirougeurs Fort Relief Concentrate, Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water, and Cleanance Comedomed Anti-Blemish Concentrate. For Taro, every product on this page, which is the Tretinoin Cream, lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the recommended Avène morning routine for dry skin according to the page?

According to the page, the example Avène-focused morning routine for dry skin includes the Cleanance Cleansing Gel as a cleanser, the Propolis Synergy Toner as a hydrating toner, the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm as a moisturizer, and the Ultra Fluid for SPF.

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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