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Lancôme vs Taro

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

Lancôme and Taro are distinct skincare options that offer thoughtful formulations for daily routines. The French brand, founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964, is known for sophisticated moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners featuring glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine to suit sensitive and acne-prone skin. Meanwhile, the second brand is warmly embraced for its targeted serums, featuring standouts like the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin, which suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. While both cater to sensitive skin, they differ in their specific product selections and core ingredient compositions.

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

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

Popular Lancôme vs Taro products

Questions and answers

Lancôme or Taro: which is better?

Lancôme fits sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best across the products on this page, whereas Taro features only Tretinoin Cream which is rated High for combination and acne-prone skin. Glycerin helps provide deep hydration, while tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

What is the difference between Lancôme and Taro?

Lancôme offers a wide range of products including moisturizers and serums that feature fragrance and target skin types like sensitive and dry skin, whereas Taro offers a single fragrance-free product, Tretinoin Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone and combination skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Taro?

Reviewers on this page frequently mention that Lancôme has a high price point, whereas Taro does not have pricing feedback available on the page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Taro?

Both brands feature products with a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, such as Lancome's Tonique Confort and Taro's Tretinoin Cream. While Lancome's products on this page often use fragrance, Taro's Tretinoin Cream contains no fragrance, which may help minimize irritation.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020

How do the fragrance options differ between Lancome and Taro products?

Lancôme products on this page often contain fragrance, with only 3 out of 14 listing no fragrance. In contrast, every Taro product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products, Lancome or Taro?

Lancôme offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, featuring fourteen items across cleansers, toners, serums, moisturizers, and eye creams, whereas Taro lists only a single product. Reviewers note that Lancôme products help provide deep hydration and lightweight moisturizers.

What are some of the key shared ingredients across Lancome's product line?

Some of the key shared ingredients across the products on this page for Lancôme include glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

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

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    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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