Choose our micellar water for a certified organic, aloe-based cleansing formula with hydration ingredients. If your main requirement is avoiding perfume, an unfragranced bottle is the better shortlist. Ours contains fragrance, and the comparison makes that visible.
The good ingredients below have a useful job: removing make-up, helping the formula mix, or holding moisture. The drawbacks tell you who might want a different bottle. Chemical names alone do not settle the choice.
Tap a linked name to open its plain-English definition in our ingredient glossary. The benefit and buying advice are written beside it, so you do not need a chemistry lesson first.
Micellar water: useful ingredients and drawbacks
CapyOnsen Micellar Cleansing Water
Our pick for certified organic care, if a lightly scented cleanser suits you.
Good ingredients
- Organic aloe juice leads the formula. Glycerin, betaine and hyaluronic acid, listed as sodium hyaluronate, help hold moisture.
- Caprylyl/capryl glucoside helps remove oily grime and make-up. Organic camomile and linden extracts sit alongside it in a vegan, certified organic formula.
Potential drawbacks
- Perfume is listed. Skip this one if you have a fragrance allergy or specifically want an unperfumed cleanser.
- At the historical euro prices below, it costs more per 100 ml than the dm bottles. Choose it for the organic formula, rather than expecting price alone to mean better make-up removal.
Balea Dry Skin
A practical low-cost choice if avoiding added perfume comes first.
Good ingredients
- Sodium cocoamphoacetate is the cleansing ingredient. Glycerin supports moisture, with rose water also listed.
- The checked list contains no Parfum, and dm states vegan. You get a large 400 ml bottle at the lowest euro unit price in this snapshot.
Potential drawbacks
- No natural or organic certification is stated on the checked page. If verified organic care is part of your shopping brief, that assurance is missing.
Garnier All in 1 Sensitive
A straightforward, unperfumed option with a short checked ingredient list.
Good ingredients
- Poloxamer 184 helps the cleansing formula mix oily material with water. Glycerin helps hold moisture.
- No Parfum appears in the checked list. If you want a simple make-up-removing step without added scent, that is a useful advantage.
Potential drawbacks
- No natural or organic certification is stated on the checked page. Paying more than the cheapest dm bottle does not add that assurance, so compare on your actual priorities.
Bioderma Sensibio H2O
Worth considering when an unfragranced formula matters more than an organic label.
Good ingredients
- PEG-6 caprylic/capric glycerides helps oil and water mix during cleansing. It is the mixing ingredient used by this particular micellar formula.
- Bioderma describes the formula as unfragranced. Cucumber extract and moisture-supporting sugars are also listed.
Potential drawbacks
- No natural or organic certification is stated on the checked page. If certification is why you are moving to a premium bottle, this does not supply it.
Caudalie Vinoclean
Consider it for its grape-water formula; skip it if perfume avoidance is your priority.
Good ingredients
- Poloxamer 188 helps the cleanser mix oily material with water. Glycerin helps retain moisture, with grape water also listed.
- The brand states 98% natural-origin ingredients. That gives you a content figure to consider, although no finished-formula certification is named on the checked page.
Potential drawbacks
- Perfume is present. The higher historical UK price than Bioderma does not buy an unperfumed formula; avoid it if known fragrance reactions drive your choice.
What the price difference buys
These are shelf-price observations from 13 October 2026, excluding delivery. German and UK prices stay in their original currencies. There is no exchange-rate ranking.
| Product | Bottle | Per 100 ml |
|---|---|---|
| CapyOnsen Micellar Water | €17.90 / 200 ml | €8.95 |
| Balea Dry Skin, dm | €1.45 / 400 ml | €0.36 |
| Garnier Sensitive, dm | €3.95 / 400 ml | €0.99 |
| Bioderma Sensibio, Lookfantastic | £13.99 / 250 ml | £5.60 |
| Caudalie Vinoclean, Space NK | £17.00 / 200 ml | £8.50 |
The two dm bottles offer inexpensive cleansing without Parfum in their checked lists. Caudalie offers a different botanical formula at a higher UK price than Bioderma, but adds perfume. Our formula gives you an organic certification and an aloe-led ingredient list. Those are useful differences to pay for when they match your priorities.
COSMOS ORGANIC independently checks a defined organic-cosmetics standard. It does not mean the entire bottle is organic or establish superior cleansing performance.
Our Micellar Cleansing Water is there if that organic formula suits your routine. Read the full list, including its perfume, and check the current price before choosing.
Sources and how we compared
Ingredient lists checked on 14 October 2026; prices retain the 13 October 2026 observations from the named retailers. This compares label facts, not measured cleansing performance. Check the label on your bottle for formulation changes.
- dm: Balea micellar water for dry skin.
- dm: Garnier All in 1 Sensitive.
- Bioderma: Sensibio H2O formula.
- Lookfantastic: the 250 ml Bioderma bottle.
- Caudalie: Vinoclean Micellar Cleansing Water formula.
- COSMOS: natural and organic certification.
- CIR: poloxamers used in cosmetics.
- European Commission: fragrance allergens.
CapyOnsen facts were checked against the manufacturer’s formula sheet and certification assets.