Hair System by Watsons Micellar Botanical Purifying Shampoo
No. No, Hair System by Watsons Micellar Botanical Purifying Shampoo is not fragrance-free.
It lists Perfum (Fragrance) and 4 fragrance allergens.
- Perfum (Fragrance)
- Benzyl Salicylate
- Limonene
- Hexyl Cinnamal
- Linalool
Why
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.
No, Hair System by Watsons Micellar Botanical Purifying Shampoo is not fragrance-free. It lists Perfum (Fragrance) and 4 fragrance allergens.
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.
Full ingredient list
Aqua (Water), Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Gycerin, Propylene Glyco, L Phenoxyethanol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-10, Perfum (Fragrance), Isopropyl Alcohol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Piroctone Olamina, Benzyl Alcohol, Menthol, Salicylic Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Cemellia Jeponica Seed Oil, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Charcoal Powder, Ziziphus Joazeiro Bark Extract, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Cystoseira Compressa Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Tocopherol, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Dehydroacetic Acid, Calcium Gluconate, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool.
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.
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Data: Open Beauty Facts, community database, ODbL license. Last checked 26 Aug 2026. Barcode 4894532923489.