I still prefer lavender essential oil. It doesn't have the
photosensitizing effect of lemon essential oil. Of the citrus oils, I
believe grapefruit oil is the only non-photosensitizing one. Eucalyptus
oil can be very irritating to the skin. Eucalyptus radiata is the
preferred oil according to Patricia Davis (Aromatherapy: An A-Z) because
it does not irritate skin or mucous membranes.
Lavender oil (I am reminded this year because we have huge numbers of
gnats, flies this year) does not keep the bugs from 'buzzing' you, so
they still annoy, but do not bite. Best and longest lasting repellancy
is with an oil dilution, diluted in water (I use CS) it must be applied
more frequently.
sol
P.S. No essential oils around or on cats.
Rich Adams wrote:
This is an old thread. I was asked about what kind of essential oils
to use. I just saw a news segment on the testing of various mosquito
repellants and Off's plant variety of Lemon and Eucalyptus was rated
tops. It performed as well as products containing 10% DEET.
So, this years homemade repellant has lemon and eucalyptus oils in it,
as well as a few drops of a 100% DEET mosquito repellant called Muskol.
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