DEET was the "standard" for serious outdoors persons for many years. However, the greasyness, the odor, and skin redness caused by the high concentration of DEET were all nasty "side effects" many of us endured to be "bug free."

DEET FREE! Essential Oils combination that is very effective against mosquitoes, black flies, ticks, chiggers, gnats, no-see-ums. A pleasant smelling blend of these essential oils requiring a very light application to be effective. Tested by a BWCA guide with many years of experience with insect pests in the BWCA. He reports this is the best insect repellent he has ever used. He highly recommended it to me. Also, Capt. Ron Perttula, who we have written about for his walleye fishing expertise, reports the black flies don't even land on him with this Insect Repellent, with DEET the insects would hit him in the face then fly away.

Antiquitas Essentials Insect Repellent comes in concentrated 2 oz. plastic bottles that are BWCA approved in Sensitive, Regular and Extra Strength. Sensitive Strength would be appropriate for children as well as individuals with sensitive skin or during conditions of low insect severity. Regular strength will be appropriate for most resort, beach, and recreational activities. If you are going hiking, backpacking, birding, biking, camping, fishing or on a canoe trip into the BWCA you might want to consider the Extra Strength. All the insect repellent formulas are exactly the same formula, the only difference is the ratio of active ingredients (essential oils) to carrier oil (soybean oil). The Sensitive Strength Repellent has the lowest amount of active essential oils in the carrier oil, the Regular Strength has more, and the Extra Strength has the most.

There are many reasons to choose Antiquitas Essentials insect repellents over any other product on the market. This Insect Repellent is so unique because (besides the fact is works better than any other insect repellent on the market!):

• We use essential oils from plants that have been lab-tested and proven to be completely chemical-free and pesticide-free. If the plants from which the oils come do not meet these standards, we do not use them in our products.
• Our ingredients are plant-based and are completely natural, not synthetic. Because they break down naturally in the environment, they do not contaminate water, soil, and living things in the the environment.
• Other products currently on the market contain harmful man-made chemicals such as DEET and pyrethrins. These substances remain in the environment and cause damage to people, animals, water supplies, soil, and important pollinating insects like bees.
• Other products on the market today that claim to contain natural plant-based ingredients actually use only some of the components found in the plant or its essential oil. We use the entire oil because the hundreds of compounds that make up the oil work together in a synergistic way and are not as effective when isolated.
• Some of our main ingredients, Catnip oil and Lemon Eucalyptus oil, are the best repellents in the world, and have been proven to be more effective than DEET.
• We have not had any reports of adverse reactions from the use of our products. Even clients who are typically extremely sensitive and highly allergic have not had any problems with our product.
• With the Horse and Dog Repellent Concentrate, the 8:1 ratio allows for adjustment up or down according to the insect severity and weather conditions. Clients can customize the concentration to suit their needs.

Now you can have the best of all worlds, bug free (that doesn't mean they aren't there and that you won't see them, they just won't land and bite you...my young son had a hard time with this, for some reason he thought it would make the bugs disappear), you'll smell good, and their won't be any greasy coating on your skin and clothing.

What Are Essential Oils?

Large quantities of a specific plant are distilled under heat and pressure. The oils, or “essence,” are collected while the water evaporates. The essential oils made by this process are powerfully potent liquids that can be used for many things, in this case a very uniquely effective insect repellent. It can take many acres of one type of plant to produce an ounce of its essential oil. Each plant has its own chemical composition with its own properties and purposes.

“Everything we need for health and healing is found in nature. It is the job of science to find it.”
--Paracelsus, the ancient father
Of pharmacology

Product Label:

WARNING:
FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF
CHILDREN. AVOID CONTACT
WITH EYES, MOUTH AND
MUCUS MEMBRANES AS
IRRITATION MAY OCCUR.
USE ONLY AS DIRECTED.

100% NATURAL.
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
COMPLETELY PESTICIDE
AND DEET FREE.

TO USE: SHAKE WELL.
PATCH TEST ON SKIN TO
CHECK FOR SENSITIVITY.
SPREAD EVENLY ON SKIN.
PROVIDES HOURS OF
PROTECTION FROM TICKS,
MOSQUITOES, CHIGGERS,
GNATS, BITING FLIES AND
NO-SEE-UMS. APPLY TO
PRE-EXISTING BITES AND
SCRAPES FOR SOOTHING
RELIEF OF PAIN AND ITCH.
AIDS IN HEALING.

INGREDIENTS: SOYBEAN
OIL AND SPECIAL BLEND
OF ESSENTIAL OILS

FORMULAS ARE DEVELOPED
BASED ON RESEARCH OF THE
MOST TIME-HONORED
THERAPIES FROM ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS.