Bug Soother MAX - Extra Strength Natural Gnat, Tick, and Mosquito Repellent, 2 Pack 8 fl oz w/Free 1 oz. DEET-Free Bug Spray Deterrent - Safe for Adults & Environment - Made in USA

It works. I am currently in an area of Florida where Hurricane Ian took out all the creatures that eat mosquitoes and no-see-ums. So these horrible blood sucking insects have multiplied to where they are more than a nuisance. There’s 21 bites just on my arms. I am the one they love and that usually means anyone around me is safe. But my whole family is bit up too. It’s like they’re starving and we showed up just to be their feast. They are ruining our vacation. So I ordered this along with $100 of other things to try. They still approach me when I spray this, but I see them fly away when they get close. Sadly due to their numbers, they are still biting where I haven’t sprayed - like my jaw and toes. And through my shirt! Seriously. Choice words. So it does work where you spray it. And I would suppose that if I wasn’t in a petri dish environment with famished microscopic monsters, it would work even on areas I didn’t spray. The scent is bearable. And I like that it doesn’t have deet. I also sprayed it on my dog’s back to keep them away as he is low to the ground and stirs them up in the grass. I see them fly away from him too. It works but I do have to apply liberally for total repulsion.

Great value for the money. Seems to repel ticks. I don’t feel like it works as well with mosquitoes but I would tamer use this than all the chemicals. The smell is great and not harsh on skin.

I laugh (and want to cry) because I always say the state bird of Texas is the mosquito. They are a nuisance and disgusting. I hate how they make me itch while they land on me and the pesky result of their nasty bites. I had been using a name brand deet-based mosquito repellant for quite awhile but it gave me horrible headaches even though it worked pretty well. I have a neurological condition as well and deet-based products seem to exacerbate the problems! I then went to looking at stores for a deet-free repellant. However if one was deet-free, it had picaridin in it. And I’ve read that picaridin can have some of the same side effects of deet. So I went to Amazon looking for a deet/picaridin-free insect repellant. I was able to find this product and was a little bit skeptical at first when just reading about it only having essential oils. However with my deet/picaridin complications, I figured I had nothing to lose. So I ordered it & when it came in I put some on. I went outside where those nasty little rascals are and they didn’t land on me. I didn’t come in with one mosquito bite. I’m so glad I found this. It has a pretty pleasant smell & is not too overwhelming. Thanks from Texas for making a natural product that works!!!

I purchased this bug repellant last year, especially for the reason that it claims to repel gnats and no see ums, also because the long list of natural plant oils made sense as bug repellants, and it Works!! Yay! I'm in Central Florida, we have bugs galore here, and mosquitoes don't care if it's getting cooler in December/January they are out year round save the 2 or 3 days the temp lowers to 40, this stuff really works. I do a lot gardening so I'm out there all day/afternoons, and I don't have to slap myself in public or eat and inhale gnats when I'm gardening any more. You should know it does have a strong minty eucalyptus scent that quiets down when it dries, and you do have to refresh spray every 3 hours or so. No complaint from me, I adopt it as my special Summer Fragrance :}

I really wanted to love this stuff. It is incredibly effective at keeping bugs away and it does it without deet or any harsh chemicals. But good lord...it smells HORRENDOUS. The cacophony of essential oil smells is an assault on the senses. I expected Citronella and Lemongrass, but those scents combined with all the others (particularly the clove oil) makes this stuff absolutely revolting. My dogs and cat won't come near me if I have it on, my husband can smell it across the room, and I can't stand being around myself if I have it on. I am keeping the bottles because they are very, very effective, so I will use them on the rare occasion that I go walking by myself away from all humans and pets (usually if we are camping or something). And only if I'm planning on immediately taking a shower afterwards. If you want an all natural solution that doesn't make you impossible to be around, try Nat Patch. They work and while they do have a pretty strong citronella smell, it's isolated to the patch which you get to remove when you come back inside and they don't scare away my dogs or my husband. :) And it works great!