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Lancôme vs Anessa

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

Lancôme and Anessa are esteemed skincare brands from France and Japan respectively, offering distinct approaches to daily care. The French house is beloved for sophisticated moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners formulated with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine, which suit sensitive and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for advanced sunscreens suited for all skin types. While both provide thoughtful formulations, they differ primarily in their core offerings and target skin profiles.

Lancôme is a French skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964.

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Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Lancôme vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

Lancôme or Anessa: which is better?

Lancôme tends to fit sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin well across its products on this page, while Anessa features sunscreens rated High for oily, combination, and mature skin types. Both brands utilize key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid to help maintain skin hydration.

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What is the difference between Lancôme and Anessa?

Lancôme offers a wide range of skincare products that mostly feature fragrance and key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, whereas Anessa focuses entirely on sunscreens where every product on this page lists no fragrance. Lancôme fits best for sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin, while Anessa features sunscreens with high fit levels for oily, combination, and mature skin types.

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Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Anessa?

Neither brand's pricing details are mentioned on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Anessa?

Anessa sunscreens on this page have a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Lancome products on this page vary widely, with acne-prone fit levels ranging from Low to High.

When was Lancôme founded and who owns it compared to Anessa?

Lancôme was founded in France in 1935 and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964, whereas Anessa was founded in Japan in 1992 and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

Which brand has products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, Lancôme or Anessa?

Anessa has products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, as every product on the Anessa page lists no fragrance, whereas Lancôme features fragrance in 11 of its 14 products on the page.

What are some key ingredients shared across Lancôme products?

Lancôme products feature key ingredients like glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging, while a glycerol-based emollient is shown to support skin hydration.

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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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