Laundry
This area covers detergent, softener and dryer sheets, the laundry products that most often carry added scent. Each page reports which products have a maker ingredient list with no fragrance entry, and the date the list was read.
The product roundups are [fragrance-free laundry detergent](/fragrance-free-laundry-detergent/), with six detergents, and [fragrance-free dryer sheets and fabric softener](/fragrance-free-dryer-sheets/), with four products.
[How to switch your laundry to fragrance-free](/guide/how-to-switch-to-fragrance-free-laundry/) lists each product that can carry scent, from detergent to scent beads, and says to read the list rather than the front label.
Three brand pages check one maker line by line: [Tide](/is-tide-fragrance-free/), [Arm & Hammer](/is-arm-and-hammer-fragrance-free/) and [Seventh Generation](/is-seventh-generation-fragrance-free/). Each finds the answer depends on the product line and not on the brand.
For a newborn's laundry, see [the newborn laundry routine](/guide/fragrance-free-laundry-for-newborn/) in the baby area.
Three picks to start with
Best fragrance-free laundry detergent
Six detergents pass our fragrance-free check on the maker's own ingredient list, retrieved 2026-11-11 and 2026-11-12: All Free Clear, Arm & Hammer Sensitive Skin Free & Clear, ECOS Free & Clear, Seventh Generation Free & Clear, Tide Free & Gentle and Charlie's Soap powder. A product marketed as unscented or free and clear is not the same thing, so check the list for fragrance, parfum or aroma. Several well-known brands could not be verified and are not recommended or rejected here.
Best fragrance-free dryer sheets and fabric softener
Four products pass our fragrance-free check on the maker's own ingredient list: Seventh Generation Free & Clear dryer sheets and liquid softener (lists read by our fetch), and Bounce Free & Gentle sheets and Downy Free & Gentle liquid (lists captured from the maker's page in a browser). None of the four lists names fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil. Only these four could be verified, so this is a short list, not a market survey.
How to switch your laundry to fragrance-free
Replace each laundry product that can carry scent (detergent, softener, dryer sheets, boosters, scent beads) with one whose maker list shows no fragrance ingredients, and read the list rather than the front label. One 2025 abstract reports that fragrance left on washed clothes was far below the level that triggered patch-test reactions; it does not cover dryer sheets or scent beads.
Featured review
Is Arm & Hammer fragrance-free?
It depends on the product line. In the maker lists we read, the Sensitive Skin Free & Clear liquid laundry detergent has no fragrance ingredient, while the Essentials Unscented deodorant lists wood oils and a fragrance chemical, and the Fresh Scent detergent lists "Fragrances" and "Fragrance".
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 dryer sheets and fabric softener
Four products pass our fragrance-free check on the maker's own ingredient list: Seventh Generation Free & Clear dryer sheets and liquid softener (lists read by our fetch), and Bounce Free & Gentle sheets and Downy Free & Gentle liquid (lists captured from the maker's page in a browser). None of the four lists names fragrance, parfum, aroma or essential oil. Only these four could be verified, so this is a short list, not a market survey. - Best fragrance-free laundry detergent
Six detergents pass our fragrance-free check on the maker's own ingredient list, retrieved 2026-11-11 and 2026-11-12: All Free Clear, Arm & Hammer Sensitive Skin Free & Clear, ECOS Free & Clear, Seventh Generation Free & Clear, Tide Free & Gentle and Charlie's Soap powder. A product marketed as unscented or free and clear is not the same thing, so check the list for fragrance, parfum or aroma. Several well-known brands could not be verified and are not recommended or rejected here.
Brand checks
- Is Arm & Hammer fragrance-free?
It depends on the product line. In the maker lists we read, the Sensitive Skin Free & Clear liquid laundry detergent has no fragrance ingredient, while the Essentials Unscented deodorant lists wood oils and a fragrance chemical, and the Fresh Scent detergent lists "Fragrances" and "Fragrance". - Is Seventh Generation fragrance-free?
Only the Free & Clear and Free & Clean lines were checked. Nine of them (laundry, softeners, dish, dishwasher, hand wash) list no fragrance on the maker site as of 13 November 2026. Seventh Generation's scented lines were not checked. - Is Tide fragrance-free?
Not as a brand. On the maker's SmartLabel pages read on 2026-11-11, the Tide Free & Gentle liquid (105 fl oz) lists no fragrance, while the Tide Original liquid (92 fl oz) lists 'Fragrances'. We verified only these two Tide products.
Guides
- How to switch your laundry to fragrance-free
Replace each laundry product that can carry scent (detergent, softener, dryer sheets, boosters, scent beads) with one whose maker list shows no fragrance ingredients, and read the list rather than the front label. One 2025 abstract reports that fragrance left on washed clothes was far below the level that triggered patch-test reactions; it does not cover dryer sheets or scent beads.