Nivea Sun protect & refresh
No. No, Nivea Sun protect & refresh is not fragrance-free.
It lists Parfum and 6 fragrance allergens.
- Parfum
- Linalool
- Limonene
- Butylphenyl Methylpropional
- Citronellol
- Eugenol
- Coumarin
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, Nivea Sun protect & refresh is not fragrance-free. It lists Parfum and 6 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, Alcohol Denat, Homosalate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Octocrylene, Tapioca Starch, Isopropyl Palmitate, Titanium Dioxide (Nano), Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Polysilicone-15, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Glycerin, Menthol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Silica, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Sodium Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Carbomer, Dimethicone, Trisodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool, Limonene, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-isomethyl Lonone, Citronellol, Eugenol, Coumarin, Parfum.
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.
Fragrance-free sunscreens instead
Data: Open Beauty Facts, community database, ODbL license. Last checked 26 Aug 2026. Barcode 4005900127525.