Junglück vs Royal Fern — side by side, no bias.
Our pick
Phytoactive Serum
8.6/10 · Royal Fern
| Hyaluron Konzentrat | Phytoactive Serum | |
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| Brand | Junglück | Royal Fern |
| Category | serum | serum |
| Editor Rating | 8.3/10 | 8.6/10 ★ |
| Category | serum | serum |
| Texture | Clear gel concentrate | Lightweight phytoactive serum |
| Finish | Plumped, dewy, deeply hydrated | Velvet |
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| Verdict | Junglück's best-seller — and the product that put this Bavarian clean-beauty brand on the German drugstore map. The 'Konzentrat' (concentrate) delivers 1.4% total hyaluronic acid across three molecular weights: high-weight for surface hydration and film formation, medium-weight for mid-dermal moisture retention, and a crosspolymer form for sustained 24-hour delivery. The aloe vera base adds anti-inflammatory soothing (glycyrrhizin and acemannan) while glycerin provides additional humectant support. At ~€35 (~$38) for 50ml, it's one of the best-value multi-weight HA concentrates available — The Ordinary charges less but delivers a thinner formula. Junglück's version has a satisfying gel-serum consistency that layers beautifully under moisturizer. Available at dm (Germany's largest drugstore chain) and Douglas, making it genuinely accessible. The 10-ingredient INCI is characteristically Junglück: nothing unnecessary, everything documented. | Royal Fern's Phytoactive Serum is the daily-routine entry point to the brand. Lighter than the Anti-Aging Cream but with the same patented fern complex front and center — Osmunda regalis + Dryopteris filix-mas extracts at meaningful position in the INCI, plus sea buckthorn fruit oil + rosehip oil for the omega-rich antioxidant base, two-weight HA for hydration, and bisabolol for soothing. €245 for 30ml — prestige-tier pricing for a serum that genuinely justifies the formulation density. |
