Cutter Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent, No DEET Mosquito Repellent, 4 fl Ounce (Pump Spray)

We bought this last-minute for a trip abroad (an area known for vicious mosquitos / sand flies), and it worked like a charm! It truly is just as effective (or more so) than traditional bug spray, plus the bottle size makes it easy to carry during travel (plus, it fits in even a purse or deep pocket when on-the-go)--- but the solution goes a long way, so a single bottle will last a good while. The product starts off feeling like a body oil (similar to Avon's skin-so-soft product from years ago), so it helps to rub it in a bit, but it will also eventually dry down on its own, too.It was hilarious that EVERY SINGLE TIME we used this spray, random people would approach us to ask, "what smells so good?"! Nobody could believe that it was just bug spray, and we had several strangers love the scent so much that they took a picture of the bottle so that they could buy it for themselves.Overall, HIGHLY RECOMMEND as an effective bug spray, as a great-smelling alternative to the chemical products, and as a convenient bottle for travel / easy use.

The scent is lovely, especially compared to literally every other bug spray. It does keep mosquitoes off of you and seems to help some against gnats and black/stable flies as well. Does nothing for deer flies, but no spray will since they hunt by sight not smell.But the biggest advantage of this spray was totally unexpected - it COOLS YOU DOWN. Think Vicks vapo-rub. I assume it’s the eucalyptus. I spray it on every morning before going outside to work and, instead of sweating profusely, feeling dizzy, miserable, and getting dangerously dehydrated, i sweat about as much as a normal human being. But this makes every breeze a cool breeze. It’s absolutely refreshing. It makes being outside relaxing and pleasurable rather than the absolute nightmare that coastal virginia summers usually are. I can’t stress enough what a game changer this is for me. I’m extremely heat intolerant, have had heat stroke a few times and heat exhaustion dozens of times. It makes a 90 degree day with 85% humidity tolerable, and with a fan nearby it helps in even hotter, more humid conditions.I have some sort of reaction to products with DEET - it slowly but surely makes my skin feel like it’s on fire, which obviously makes heat and humidity worse, and I start sweating even more profusely than I would without it, to the point that it starts running into my eyeballs. I still use deet based sprays on my clothes, where it will have minimal skin contact, but use this spray anywhere skin is exposed.I actually went and looked up the safety studies on this stuff on the epa website and read the 26 page registration eligibility document to see how safe it really was, since I apply this at least twice, usually 3 to 4 times a day. Besides the nauseating descriptions of the lab experiments that sprayed it into rabbits’ eyeballs and let it fester for 24 hours, among other cruelties (which are not just standard, but required for FDA approval/registration, so the manufacturer can’t be faulted here), the document was reassuring in showing that the spray has no apparent negative effects in the short term, and appears to have none in the long term as well. But even if it did I don’t think I’d stop using it 😂It does need to be reapplied every few hours and NEVER let it get into your eyes - the bunnies took that blow for us and suffered greatly for it - please do not waste their sacrifice. Some lab rats also took one for the team by showing that you shouldn’t inhale it - but the effects they experienced were, in my humble opinion, more likely due to an insanely high dose being intranasally administered continuously for 4 hours, rather than passively inhaling a typical amount one might breathe in during spray application. The oral administration tests had similarly awful results, but i opine once again that the ludicrously excessive conditions they were subjected to were more likely the cause. Still - don’t drink or inhale it.

Saved me from being bitten to 💀 but I just wish the effect lasted longer on my skin. I have to constantly reapply.

Mui bueno todo

Works

Not a fan of the smell. Used a few times and it seemed to effective, however, the scent was so off putting to me that I tossed it.

I'm a mosquito magnet. I live in SoCal, and ankle biters have been problematic over the last few years, not to mention mosquitoes carrying the west nile virus this year. Every time I go out to water plants, use my grill, or talk to neighbors, I get multiple bites on my arms and legs. Sometimes I get bitten just going a few steps from the car into the house or visa versa. I get mosquito bites in the evening while indoors. These bites burn, then itch. Very annoying! I wanted a repellent without deet and saw this. On Labor Day, I smoked a rack of baby backs in my grill, which is a 6-hour process, not counting lighting the pellets and bringing the grill up to temp. Thus, I was in and out of the house a good chunk of the day. I am happy to say that I did not get one mosquito bite--not one. The smell is pleasant, and the repellent does not leave my skin sticky or gooey. I'm a very happy camper.

Spray on me and my dogs apparel. Hiking supplies.