Nivea Creme, 75 ml

Made for the European market. This is the European formulation, sold under EU cosmetics rules, which prohibit or restrict well over a thousand substances where the American list of outright bans runs to about a dozen. Formaldehyde, hydroquinone and several parabens are not permitted in it. It is not the same product as the American version sold under the same name — customers who grew up with it tell us they can tell.

The original Nivea Creme in the deep blue tin — the German one, in the metric size you remember, not the American reformulation.

• All-purpose cream for face, hands and body
• Rich, classic formula with panthenol and glycerin
• The small 75 ml tin — pocket and handbag size

Ingredients

Aqua, Paraffinum Liquidum, Cera Microcristallina, Glycerin, Lanolin Alcohol, Paraffin, Panthenol, Magnesium Sulfate, Decyl Oleate, Octyldodecanol, Aluminum Stearates, Citric Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Limonene, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Parfum.

Imported from Europe — the text on the packaging is German. The full English description is above.

Beiersdorf AG, D-20245 Hamburg, Germany. Art. no. 80103.