Best fragrance-free dish soap

How we chose

This page covers soaps for washing dishes by hand: pourable liquids and a foaming spray. Dishwasher detergents are a different product with its own page, fragrance-free dishwasher detergent. We have not tested any of these products ourselves. We read the ingredient list on each maker’s page and kept a product only if that list shows no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume, essential oil or named fragrance chemical.

Dish soap is not a cosmetic, so the FDA’s cosmetic fragrance rules do not govern it. We use the FDA’s page for one general point that carries over: the agency notes that some products labeled “unscented” may contain fragrance ingredients, added to mask the smell of other ingredients. That is why we read the list instead of trusting the front label. Our explainer on fragrance-free versus unscented goes further.

Each product section says how the evidence was obtained. Most lists were read by our own fetch of the maker’s page. Two, Dawn and Palmolive, were captured in a browser because our fetch was blocked.

What to look for

Start at the ingredient list, not the badge. Look for “parfum”, “fragrance” or “aroma”, and for plant oils or fragrance chemicals; our guide to reading an ingredient list and the explainer on what parfum means cover the wording. A “free of dyes” line is a separate claim from a “free of fragrance” line.

The lists below show that fragrance-free soap still contains other things. Surfactants are the cleaning agents, and every product here has several. Most also carry a preservative, such as phenoxyethanol or an isothiazolinone. Our roundup of fragrance-free cleaning products puts dish soap in the wider routine, and the general guide to fragrance-free products gives the definitions.

Seventh Generation Dish Soap Free & Clear

Seventh Generation Dish Soap - Free & Clear is a liquid sold in 19 fl oz and 50 fl oz sizes; the page we read is the 19 fl oz one. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-13, the list is water, sodium lauryl sulfate, lauramine oxide, glycerin, decyl glucoside, magnesium chloride, citric acid, benzisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone. The maker states that its “Free & Clear formula does not have fragrances and dyes”, and the page shows a “Fragrance Free” badge.

It suits readers who want a mainstream liquid whose list is short and plainly labelled by function. The caveat is the preservative pair: the maker lists two isothiazolinones, described as synthetic preservatives. Readers avoiding them should look to ECOS, Biokleen or Ecover instead.

Seventh Generation Foaming Dish Spray Free & Clear

Seventh Generation Foaming Dish Spray - Free & Clear is the foaming-spray format. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-13, it lists water, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, laureth-6, lauramine oxide, lauryl betaine, phenoxyethanol, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, citric acid and sodium citrate. The maker’s words are “Free of fragrances and dyes”, and the page shows a “Fragrance Free” badge.

This one suits anyone who wants a spray instead of a squeeze bottle. The maker page states no size, so we cannot tell you which size an Amazon listing offers. The preservative listed is phenoxyethanol only.

ECOS Dish Soap Free & Clear

ECOS Dish Soap - Free & Clear is shown at 25 oz on the maker page. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-13, it lists water, sodium coco-sulfate, cocamidopropylamine oxide, lauramine oxide, phenoxyethanol, coco betaine, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, ethylhexylglycerin and citric acid. The page title reads “Made Without Dyes & Fragrances”, and the maker writes “Enjoy a scent-free, hypoallergenic formula”. We repeat that as the maker’s wording, not as our finding.

Its preservative is phenoxyethanol with ethylhexylglycerin, and there is no isothiazolinone on the list. We could not match the 25 oz size to an Amazon listing’s size, so confirm the size before buying.

Palmolive Ultra Pure + Clear, Fragrance Free

Palmolive Ultra Pure + Clear Liquid Dish Soap, Fragrance Free was captured from the maker’s page in a browser on 2026-11-12; our automated fetch could not re-check it. The captured list has five entries: water, sodium laureth sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, lactic acid and poloxamer 124. The SmartLabel page adds that readers should “refer to the product package for the most accurate ingredient information”, and it was last updated 2026-04-08. The maker’s line is “This fragrance free formula is hypoallergenic”.

The page shows 32.5 oz, 70 oz and 9.7 oz options. This is the shortest list in the set and names no preservative, but the whole entry depends on a browser capture, so read the bottle.

Dawn Free & Clear EZ-Squeeze, Unscented

Dawn Free & Clear EZ-Squeeze Dish Soap, Unscented was captured from the maker’s page in a browser on 2026-11-12, because our fetch got a 404 from that site. The size on the product page and SmartLabel is 24.3 oz. The SmartLabel list, last updated 2024-12-18, reads: water, sodium lauryl sulfate, C10-16 alkyldimethylamine oxide, deceth-8, C9-11 pareth-8, sodium chloride, PEI-14, PEG-24/PPG-16 copolymer, phenoxyethanol and methylisothiazolinone. The maker describes the soap as “crafted with 0% fragrance, dyes, phthalates, or chlorine added”.

The product name says “Unscented”, which is why the list matters: it shows no fragrance ingredient. Methylisothiazolinone is listed as a preservative; see our explainer on what it is. The list date is nearly two years old, and the other Dawn variants we looked up could not be read at all, so confirm that your bottle is this exact Free & Clear Unscented version.

ATTITUDE Baby Dish Soap

ATTITUDE Baby Dish Soap has a product page with no size; ATTITUDE’s Fragrance-Free Cleaning collection page lists 23.7, 33.8 and 67.6 fl oz. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-12, it lists sodium coco-sulfate (5-15%), lauryl, myristyl and caprylyl glucosides (under 5%), water, sodium chloride, citric acid, lauramine oxide, sodium benzoate, sodium gluconate, potassium sorbate, glycerin, Camellia Sinensis (Tea) Leaf Extract and sodium hydroxide. The maker says “our dishwashing liquid contains no added dyes or fragrances”.

The tea leaf extract is the one botanical on any list here. It is noted for readers who avoid botanicals, not as a fragrance finding. The page calls itself “unscented” on the collection page, so as elsewhere, the list is the evidence. On the preservatives, see sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate.

Biokleen Hand Dish Liquid Free & Clear, 128 fl oz

Biokleen Hand Dish Liquid - Free & Clear is the 128 fl oz size. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-13, it lists water, sodium lauryl sulfate, decyl glucoside, cocamidopropyl betaine, lauramine oxide, lauryl glucoside, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, sodium chloride and tocopherol, with most marked plant-derived. The maker’s phrase is “fragrance-free cleaning power”.

No Amazon listing found; this link goes to the maker’s site and is not an affiliate link. It is a fit for households that want one large container, with phenoxyethanol as the only preservative listed. Tocopherol is listed by the maker as plant-derived.

Ecover ZERO Washing Up Liquid

Ecover ZERO Washing Up Liquid is the UK maker page (uk.ecover.com), and sizes and availability may differ elsewhere; we do not claim it is sold in the US. The page shows 450 ml and a 5 L refill. Per the maker’s ingredient disclosure, retrieved 2026-11-13, it lists aqua, sodium lauryl sulfate, lauryl glucoside, glycereth-6 cocoate, lactic acid, caprylyl/capryl glucoside, sodium chloride, sodium octyl sulphate, alcohol, citric acid, sodium citrate and isopropyl alcohol, and the page also states “Contains: N/A”. The maker says it is “formulated to minimise the risk of allergies on sensitive skin with 0% fragrance and 0% colouring”, which we quote as the maker’s claim.

No Amazon listing found; this link goes to the maker’s site and is not an affiliate link. The list names two alcohols and no named preservative. It is included for readers outside the US, or those who can source it.

What the label does not tell you

A maker’s ingredient list is the only evidence behind each entry here, so the gaps are in the unknowns box above. One further point: the lists show what a product contains, not how it smells. Some surfactant blends can have a faint smell of their own, and we have no way to judge that from documents. For other rooms, see our pages on floor cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner and trash bags. If you want to check a product for a National Eczema Association Seal, the NEA says it lists household cleaning products as an eligible category in its Seal Product Directory, and our guide to the Seal explains what it covers. Questions about skin reactions belong with a clinician or allergist, not with a product page.