Now Foods Lemon Oil

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List Price: $6.99
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Natural mosquito repellants with active ingredient Lemon Eucalyptus OIL are the only natural repellants approved by the US Government (?FDA) to work (sorry I forget which entity tested them). They work as well as low level DEET in fact but are safer for everyone. The only thing the GOv said was that they only last about HALF as long 2-3 hrs as DEET does. So must be reapplied more frequently.

So, I thought I'd buy the Essential OIL...the pure active ingredient,, rather than a brand name repellant with a smaller percentager (20% or so) of the essential oil. Save money. I could mix it in a carrier oil, or not.

I put this oil neet...not diluted...on my lower legs ankles and arms because I was running out late to my garden didn't have time to dilute it (in general they say dilute essential oils that had been my plan).

positives

-I got no rash from putting it on neet

neutral

-Intitial smell very strong (of course). I prefer plain eucalyptus smell this smells like citronella.

better than DEET.

-I got no bites that I noticed. However, I was not at my garden a long time it turned out so was not a good test.

negative

-the smell wore off VERY quickly (within 30 min). It makes me worry that it was no longer active. Supposedly the brand name mixtures with this oil as active ingredient (ie tested by Gov) last 2hrs+. It could be that other ingredients in those products extend the staying power? Vs the smell I a human can detect is not relevant to mosquito replellancy vs this is a weak/diluted oil (I have no reason to suspect that particularly but smell disipated even pressing my nose to my arm)

don't know if it helps you. I can't tell if it's a good oil or not. If it ends up working diluted as I planned it will be a good price for what I am using it for given how expensive REPEL is. Haven't tested it enough and wont' for a while. As usual Amazon shipping was perfect and this glass bottle of very potent smelling oil arrived well packaged and intact just when they said it would.