Cleaning
This area covers household cleaning products where scent can be added: dish soap, dishwasher detergent and bags. It reports which products have a maker ingredient list with no fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil, and where a maker list simply does not exist.
[A fragrance-free cleaning routine](/guide/fragrance-free-cleaning-products/) is the starting point. It says to swap the products that touch skin and air most often first, and it cites EPA on "unscented" products that can contain masking chemicals.
Two roundups cover the products themselves: [fragrance-free dish soap](/fragrance-free-dish-soap/), with eight hand dish soaps whose lists show no fragrance, and [fragrance-free dishwasher detergent](/fragrance-free-dishwasher-detergent/), with five.
[Unscented trash bags](/unscented-trash-bags/) is a different case. Bags publish no ingredient list, so the page reports only a maker statement of "unscented", and says that statement does not make a bag fragrance-free.
Laundry products sit in the [laundry hub](/category/laundry/).
Three picks to start with
Best fragrance-free dish soap
Eight hand dish soaps (seven liquids and one foaming spray) have maker ingredient lists with no fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil. A product named "unscented" is not automatically fragrance-free, so we checked each list, not the front label.
Best fragrance-free dishwasher detergent
Five dishwasher detergents have maker ingredient lists with no fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil: two gels, two sets of packs and one powder. "Unscented" is not the same as fragrance-free, so we read each list, not the front label.
Best unscented trash bags
Two bags have a confirmed maker statement of "unscented", Seventh Generation Extra Strong Tall Kitchen and Glad ForceFlex Quick-Tie. Bags publish no ingredient list, so that statement is all there is, and it does not make them fragrance-free.
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 dish soap
Eight hand dish soaps (seven liquids and one foaming spray) have maker ingredient lists with no fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil. A product named "unscented" is not automatically fragrance-free, so we checked each list, not the front label. - Best fragrance-free dishwasher detergent
Five dishwasher detergents have maker ingredient lists with no fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil: two gels, two sets of packs and one powder. "Unscented" is not the same as fragrance-free, so we read each list, not the front label. - Best unscented trash bags
Two bags have a confirmed maker statement of "unscented", Seventh Generation Extra Strong Tall Kitchen and Glad ForceFlex Quick-Tie. Bags publish no ingredient list, so that statement is all there is, and it does not make them fragrance-free.
Guides
- A fragrance-free cleaning routine
Swap the products that touch your skin and air most often first: dish soap, dishwasher detergent and laundry. Check each maker ingredient list, because EPA says "unscented" products can contain masking chemicals, and one study found "green" cleaners can still add fragrance chemicals to indoor air.