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Clarins vs NIOD

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Clarins and NIOD are a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015, respectively. Clarins is known for its nourishing moisturizers, serums, eye products, and toners enriched with shea and squalane, while NIOD is known for its advanced serums and balancing toners featuring sophisticated formulas. Both suit sensitive skin best, with the French line also favoring acne-prone skin and the Canadian line favoring mature and dry skin. They differ as the former relies on gentle, balancing formulations for daily care, whereas the latter delivers targeted results through scientifically rigorous and thoughtful development.

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

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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

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Questions and answers

Clarins or NIOD: which is better?

Clarins offers a wider range of products that are rated High or Superior for mature and sensitive skin, while NIOD provides fragrance-free options. Clarins products on this page often feature hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, which helps improve skin quality.

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What is the difference between Clarins and NIOD?

Clarins is an older, French-founded company with a wide range of products on this page that frequently include fragrance and key ingredients like squalane and glycerin, whereas NIOD is a newer, Canadian brand owned by The Estée Lauder Companies whose products on this page list no fragrance. Additionally, Clarins features products with varying fit levels for sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin, while NIOD offers targeted serums and mists with fragrance-free formulations.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or NIOD?

The products on this page for Clarins have a high price point mentioned by reviewers, whereas NIOD does not have pricing feedback listed on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or NIOD?

NIOD may cause fewer breakouts than Clarins because the products on this page are entirely fragrance-free, whereas almost all Clarins products contain fragrance. Furthermore, the acne-prone skin fit levels for NIOD products are generally rated as High or Average, while several Clarins products receive Warning, Caution, or Low ratings for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Clarins and NIOD?

Clarins was founded in France in 1954, whereas NIOD was founded in Canada much later in 2015.

Which brand offers products with added fragrance, and how many NIOD products are fragrance-free?

Clarins offers products with added fragrance, as 23 out of 24 products on this page list fragrance in their ingredients. All 2 NIOD products on this page are fragrance-free.

What key ingredients like shea butter and hyaluronic acid are shared across the products on the page?

Clarins includes key ingredients like shea butter and hyaluronic acid across the products on this page, which helps provide hydration and nourishment.

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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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