Insect 'Repellents'

[Khandro]

Has anyone found one that actually works please? I have tried various brands & it seems the insects haven't been informed that they are supposed to be repelled.

[jazzgirl]

Avon 'Skin so soft'

[jazzgirl]

It was never intended to be an insect repellent, but by chance it does work as such

[Bobbisox1]

I’d go with what a jazz said, I’m never without it

[pastafreak]

I've never tried it ^^^ but have seen many rave comments about it.

[jazzgirl]

It contains icaridin (similar to DEET !) and citronella which mozzies hate !

[Buenchico]

Deet has a distinctive smell, which not everyone likes. However it's an effective deterrent, especially if you buy it in a high-strength formulation. This, from Wilko, is 50% Deet (which is the same as the far more costly Jungle Formula Maximum), dirt cheap and with impressive reviews:
https://www.wilko.com/wilko-extra-strength-insect-repellent-spray-100ml/p/0250846

[Arksided]

Garlic in my blood whether you like it or not, I tend to cook stuff not too much mind. But when in Malta everybody seemed to be bitten by mozzies etc. except me. and still today I rarely get bitten by parasites.

However you take it, pills (I'm not a Doctor) trust me it works for me.

[Moorea7]

Arksided. Folklore would have it that garlic was a repellent against werewolves, vampires and monsters. They carried it with them.

[Buenchico]

^^^ "A double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of garlic as a mosquito repellant: a preliminary study" (Rajan, Hein, Porte & Wikel, Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2005) concluded that "The data did not provide evidence of significant systemic mosquito repellence".

A 1994 Norwegian study suggested that garlic might make a person more attractive to vampires ;-)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7825135/

[Hymie]

During my misspent youth, spending my summer holidays Greek island hoping, I used to cover the exposed parts of my body in Nivea cream – it didn’t smell too bad and kept the mozzies away all night long.

[Khandro]

Skin so soft (thanks jazzgirl) I'll try

[Arksided]

Moorea, Folklore would have it that garlic was a repellent against werewolves vampires and monsters

spot the Irony, :-) I were genuinely trying to be helpful