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What is the scent in Sensitive Body Wash?Updated 40 minutes ago

TL;DR: The mild scent you notice in Sensitive Body Wash comes from the raw ingredients, mainly the coconut and sugar derived cleansers. Fragrance-free means no perfume and no essential oils were added. It doesn't mean the formula has no smell of its own.

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Koh Sensitive Body Wash
Koh Sensitive Body Wash with pump bottle

What is the scent in Sensitive Body Wash?

The mild scent in Koh Sensitive Body Wash comes from the raw ingredients themselves, mainly the coconut and sugar derived cleansers. No synthetic perfume, no perfume of any other kind and no essential oils are added to the formula. Because raw ingredient sourcing shifts a little, the aroma can vary slightly between batches. That is ingredient character, not an added fragrance.

Raw ingredients have a character of their own before anyone adds anything. In Sensitive Body Wash the coconut and sugar derived cleansers bring a light, clean note. Put the formula together and it has a mild, soft smell, without a drop of perfume in it.

That smell is the ingredients, not a fragrance. Nothing has been added to create it and nothing has been added to cover it up.

No added perfumeNo synthetic fragranceNo essential oilsNo masking agents

What does fragrance-free mean?

Fragrance-free means no fragrance ingredient has been added to the formula. That covers synthetic perfumes, perfume blends of any origin, and essential oils. It does not mean odourless. Raw ingredients used in personal care can carry a mild smell of their own. Fragrance-free is also different from unscented, where a masking agent is added to neutralise a smell.

Fragrance-free

No fragrance ingredient has been added. That covers synthetic perfume, perfume blends of any origin, and essential oils. Because no perfume has been added, there are no fragrance allergens to declare on the label.

Unscented

A different thing. Unscented products can include a masking agent added specifically to neutralise a smell. Sensitive Body Wash does neither: nothing added to give it a scent, nothing added to hide one.

Fragrance-free is about what went in, not about whether you can smell anything. Raw ingredients still smell like themselves.


Why does the scent vary a little between boxes?

Raw ingredient sourcing shifts a little from batch to batch, so the mild aroma of Koh Sensitive Body Wash can shift with it. It is a normal feature of working with raw materials rather than a fixed synthetic perfume, and it does not change how the wash performs. If a box smells sharply different from what you are used to, get in touch.

Raw ingredient sourcing shifts a little between batches, and the mild aroma shifts with it. That is what working with raw materials looks like, rather than locking a formula to a fixed synthetic perfume.

It doesn't change how the wash performs. If a box smells sharply different from what you're used to, get in touch and we'll take a look.


Koh Sensitive Body Wash

Sensitive Body Wash

Fragrance-free, pH 5.5, matching healthy skin. HRIPT dermatologically tested and recognised by the Eczema Association of Australasia. Naturally derived, 88.58% per ISO 16128. Made in Australia.

Fragrance-freeNo essential oils
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Koh Australia

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