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The Ordinary vs Menarini

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

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Menarini products

The Ordinary vs Menarini serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Menarini: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider variety of products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels across most skin types, whereas Menarini features only a single product with mixed results. Reviewers frequently praise The Ordinary for being affordable and effective.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Menarini?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free products on this page fitting dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Menarini features a single acne-focused product called A-Ret Gel. Lovi finds The Ordinary products achieve High to Superior fit levels across multiple skin types.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Menarini?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are noted for being affordable and offering great value serums, whereas Menarini features a more limited selection without similar cost-focused reviews.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of The Ordinary and Menarini compare?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and is owned by The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. In comparison, Menarini was founded in 1886 and is owned by the Menarini Group.

Which brand offers more product options for dry skin and dark spots based on the provided Lovi fit levels?

The Ordinary offers more product options for dry skin and dark spots, featuring numerous items with a Superior or High Lovi fit level for those concerns. Menarini only lists a single product on this page, which is not suited for dry skin.

Do any products from The Ordinary or Menarini contain added fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and Menarini lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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