Aveeno Healthy Start Newborn Balm

Fragrance-free means no perfume in the ingredient list. On a label perfume shows up as Parfum or Fragrance, as essential oils, and often as named allergens like Limonene and Linalool that brands have to declare in the EU.

Yes, Aveeno Healthy Start Newborn Balm is fragrance-free. No perfume, essential oils or fragrance allergens in the ingredient list.

Benzyl Alcohol is a preservative that can also carry scent; on its own it does not make a product fragranced.

This is not a safety warning. Perfume suits most people, but if your skin reacts or you are patch testing, this is the line you came for.

Glycerin, Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hexyldecanol, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour, Benzyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Benzoic Acid, Stearic Acid, Dipotassium Phosphate, Potassium Phosphate, P-anisic Acid, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hydroxide, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Oil, Ceramide Np, Citric Acid, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract.

Highlighted names triggered a “No” on one of the six checks. Underlined names open the ingredient dictionary. Source list as recorded on Open Beauty Facts.