For the Deet-Weary: Odornix SkeeterBan Insect Repellent

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If spraying toxic insect repellent on yourself, your kids, your pets, and, well, everything puts your health radar on code red, rejoice, for an alternative has arrived. SkeeterBan is a non-toxic bug spray made from all-natural repellents like neem, lemongrass, citronella, and geranium oils and aloe vera extract—a formula that repels mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas, lice, and over 200 other nasty biters. Better still, unlike deet, it's entirely safe. But does it work? I saw a South Asian mosquito—those of the dengue fever variety—land on my forearm and...freeze, as if suddenly drunk on the rich citronella scent. Stopping a bloodthirsty bugger in its tracks? Now that's effective.
$7 for a 4-ounce spray bottle; www.skeeterban.com