Body & bath
This area covers products used in the shower and at the sink: soap, hand soap, body wash and deodorant. Each page reports which products have a maker ingredient list with no fragrance entry, and how that list was read.
The product roundups are [fragrance-free soap](/fragrance-free-soap/), [hand soap](/fragrance-free-hand-soap/), [body wash](/fragrance-free-body-wash/) and [deodorant](/fragrance-free-deodorant/). The deodorant page says only two products have verified maker lists, so the set is small.
Three brand pages check a single maker line by line: [Dove](/is-dove-fragrance-free/), [Dial](/is-dial-fragrance-free/) and [Dr. Bronner's](/is-dr-bronners-fragrance-free/). Each finds that the answer depends on the product line rather than the brand. The Dial page notes that two of its soaps are OTC drug products, so it does not recommend them.
For a whole-room view, [the bathroom guide](/guide/fragrance-free-bathroom/) goes category by category.
Three picks to start with
Best fragrance-free body wash
Seven body and face-and-body washes pass our fragrance-free check: no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume or essential oil appears in the maker's own ingredient list. The shortest lists are Dove Ultra Sensitive Serum and Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser, both 10 entries. Vanicream is included on its list alone, because its maker never uses the words "fragrance-free".
Best fragrance-free deodorant
Each & Every Natural Deodorant (12 entries, wax and coconut-oil based) and Vanicream (5 entries, water-based) pass our fragrance-free list check. Only two products on this page have verified maker lists. Dove Deodorant Stick Sensitive Aluminum Free fails: its maker list includes Fragrance (Parfum).
Best fragrance-free hand soap
Five hand soaps pass our fragrance-free list check: ATTITUDE, Dr. Bronner's Unscented Pure-Castile, ECOS Free & Clear, Seventh Generation Free & Clean and Vanicream Liquid Cleanser. Vanicream and ECOS carry the shortest lists with no aloe or oat entry; Dr. Bronner's is the only true soap (saponified oils) rather than a synthetic-surfactant wash.
Featured review
Is Dial fragrance-free?
Only some Dial products are fragrance-free. Two Dial antibacterial hand soaps that carry a fragrance-free name show no fragrance term in the maker's lists, but both are OTC drug products, so this page does not recommend them.
How we check products in this category
Products in this area are checked against this site's fragrance-free definition: the listed ingredients contain no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume, essential oils or fragrance chemicals, as of the date shown on each page. "Unscented" is not fragrance-free. Each page states its evidence level (maker list confirmed, browser-captured and dated, or maker states). We have not tested products by hand, and drug-labelled products are named only as examples. The full rules are in the review criteria.
Product guides
- Best fragrance-free body wash
Seven body and face-and-body washes pass our fragrance-free check: no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume or essential oil appears in the maker's own ingredient list. The shortest lists are Dove Ultra Sensitive Serum and Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser, both 10 entries. Vanicream is included on its list alone, because its maker never uses the words "fragrance-free". - Best fragrance-free deodorant
Each & Every Natural Deodorant (12 entries, wax and coconut-oil based) and Vanicream (5 entries, water-based) pass our fragrance-free list check. Only two products on this page have verified maker lists. Dove Deodorant Stick Sensitive Aluminum Free fails: its maker list includes Fragrance (Parfum). - Best fragrance-free hand soap
Five hand soaps pass our fragrance-free list check: ATTITUDE, Dr. Bronner's Unscented Pure-Castile, ECOS Free & Clear, Seventh Generation Free & Clean and Vanicream Liquid Cleanser. Vanicream and ECOS carry the shortest lists with no aloe or oat entry; Dr. Bronner's is the only true soap (saponified oils) rather than a synthetic-surfactant wash. - Best fragrance-free soap
Three bars pass our list check: Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar (the only one where the maker says "fragrance-free" in its own product line), Dr. Bronner's Unscented Pure-Castile (shortest list, plant-oil based) and Vanicream Cleansing Bar (no fragrance-type entry, but the maker line we captured does not use the words fragrance-free). Pick by list type, not by badge.
Brand checks
- Is Dial fragrance-free?
Only some Dial products are fragrance-free. Two Dial antibacterial hand soaps that carry a fragrance-free name show no fragrance term in the maker's lists, but both are OTC drug products, so this page does not recommend them. - Is Dove fragrance-free?
It depends on the product line. Four Dove items sold as fragrance-free (a lotion, two washes and a bar) list no fragrance in the maker ingredient lists we read, but two Dove deodorant sticks list Fragrance (Parfum), one of them marketed as unscented. - Is Dr. Bronner's fragrance-free?
Depends on the line. The maker lists we read for the Unscented Pure-Castile bar soap and liquid soap show no fragrance-type entry. That is two products, and we verified nothing else from the brand, so the evidence is thin.