Head & Shoulders Dry Scalp Care

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, Head & Shoulders Dry Scalp Care is not fragrance-free. It lists Fragrance.

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.

Water, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Zinc Carbonate, Glycol Distearate, Sodium Xylenesulfonate, Dimethicone, Fragrance, Sodium Benzoate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Benzyl Alcohol, Polyquaternium-10, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Trideceth-10, Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone.

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.