Our assessment
Removing makeup thoroughly without leaving skin tight is the outcome buyers consistently report, including for oily and sensitive skin. The recurring complaint is not performance but scent: a strong fragrance that a minority of buyers find hard to tolerate, with a few reports of breakouts on top of that.
Buy nowEvidence note: we sampled 13 customer comments for this exact product on October 9, 2026. We do not reproduce them here. This sample is not representative of every buyer; the site score instead uses the marketplace-wide average and rating count.
In brief
This is a first-step cleansing oil, used on dry skin to break down makeup and sunscreen before a water-based cleanser. The marketplace average is 4.4 out of 5 across roughly 29,300 ratings, with 76 percent at five stars and a low-star tail of 6 percent at one star. The rating sits slightly below the very top of the category, and the sample suggests why: the cleansing job is not in dispute, but one aspect of the experience is.
Amazon’s own summary of the review corpus flags the same split, describing disagreement over whether the product is worth the money and mixed reactions to the fragrance. That summary is a marketplace-level aggregation, not our own finding.
The trade-off
The positive reports are consistent and specific. Buyers describe a full face of makeup, including waterproof mascara, coming off with a pump or two and no scrubbing, and they describe the oil emulsifying and rinsing clean rather than leaving a greasy film. Several emphasise the opposite of stripping: skin that does not feel tight or dry afterwards. One buyer with oily skin and an active outdoor routine reports that a regular foaming cleanser left them over-producing oil, and that this oil used a few times a week did not.
The fragrance is where the sample divides, and it divides sharply. One four-star buyer is direct about it: the product works and did not irritate sensitive skin, but the scent is strong enough that they follow it with an unscented cleanser, which then strips their skin. That is a real cost to the routine, not a preference. Others describe the same scent positively, and one describes it as light.
The lower-star tail includes reports of breakouts. This is the pattern to read carefully: a cleansing oil can suit most skin and still not suit yours, and the only reliable test is your own skin over a couple of weeks. Pore and sebum claims should also be read as cosmetic rather than clinical. A cleansing oil can remove the surface material that makes pores look more visible; it does not change pore structure.
We have not tested this product.
Bottom line
Worth considering as a first cleanse if you want thorough makeup removal without the tight feeling that foaming cleansers can leave. If you are sensitive to fragrance, treat that as the deciding factor rather than the cleansing performance, which the sample does not question. The score shown for this product comes from the marketplace-wide rating and its rating count, not from these 13 comments. No individual customer review is reproduced here.