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Clarins vs Aēsop

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Clarins and Aēsop are renowned skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily rituals. Clarins, a French house founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, is celebrated for its nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, delicate eye products, and refreshing toners utilizing soothing shea and replenishing squalane, suiting sensitive and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the Australian botanical brand is widely loved for its thoughtfully formulated moisturizers, cleansers, and serums driven by botanical and scientifically validated ingredients, which suit balanced, combination, and sensitive skin. While both rely on gentle yet effective compositions to support skin health, they differ in their heritage and specific ingredient philosophies.

Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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

Popular Clarins vs Aēsop products

People Say

ClarinsAēsop
  • Hydration and Glow Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “woke up with baby-soft skin — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”
    • “smells divine — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”
  • High Price Point Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “too expensive for results — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “very expensive — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “quantity is too small — Aēsop Damascan Rose Facial Treatment”

Questions and answers

Clarins or Aēsop: which is better?

Clarins offers a wider range of products on this page that fit sensitive skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots. Reviewers note that Clarins has a higher price point than Aesop.

What is the difference between Clarins and Aēsop?

Clarins features a broad range of products with options achieving a Superior fit for sensitive and mature skin, while Aēsop offers fewer products on this page such as the Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Intense Serum with High fit levels across all skin types.

Clarins or Aēsop: which cleanser is better?

Clarins offers the Hydrating Gentle Foaming Cleanser on this page, which has a High fit level for dry skin. Aăsop features the Parsley Seed Facial Cleanser, which has a Low fit level for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Aēsop?

Reviewers note that Aēsop and Clarins both have a high price point, but Clarins is noted for having a high price point more often.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or Aēsop?

When it comes to breakouts, Aēsop offers products on this page like B Triple C Facial Balancing Gel that Lovi rates as having a High fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Clarins products on this page generally show Average or lower fits for acne-prone and oily skin types.

How do the founding years and current ownership of Clarins and Aēsop compare?

Clarins was founded in France in 1954 and is owned by Famille C, whereas Aēsop was founded in 1987 and is owned by L'Oréal Groupe.

Which brand offers products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, Clarins or Aēsop?

Aēsop offers products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, as every product from Aēsop on this page lists no fragrance, whereas only 1 of 24 Clarins products does.

How do the reviewer sentiments regarding scent differ between Clarins and Aēsop?

Reviewers note that Clarins often has a strong fragrance, whereas Aēsop is praised for its luxurious and refreshing scents.

Clarins or Aēsop: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Clarins offers options with a Superior fit for mature skin, such as the Extra-Firming Day Cream and Super Restorative Night Cream, whereas Aēsop moisturizers tend to provide balancing non-greasy hydration.

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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