Ingredients by brand
What's in Skeeter Screen repellents?
The 4 Skeeter Screen products we've scored use 9 different active ingredients: Geraniol, Citronella oil, Geranium oil, and Cedarwood oil, plus 5 more.
By the Notch Wellness team · Updated August 24, 2026 · Reviewed against our scoring methodology
We make Notch, so we're not a neutral third party. Ingredients and concentrations come from each product's label; scores come from our published methodology.
Active ingredients in Skeeter Screen products
In 2 of 4 products
A rose-scented alcohol found in geranium, citronella, and rose oils. Among botanicals it is unusual for having a clear dose threshold: useful above 5% in a lotion base, close to useless below 4%.
In 2 of 4 products
The scent most people picture as bug spray, and one of the shortest-lasting actives in testing: roughly 15 to 20 minutes of full protection at the concentrations products use.
In 1 of 4 products
Steam-distilled from Pelargonium and rich in geraniol and citronellol, so it behaves much like a diluted geraniol product. Badger and Natrapel build botanical sprays around it at roughly 1%.
In 1 of 4 products
Better known for closets than skin. Its mosquito evidence is thin, but its cedrol component has a real, short-lived effect against ticks, which is where cedarwood products earn their keep.
In 1 of 4 products
Rosemary oil is a fragrant blend of 1,8-cineole and camphor that products lean on more for scent and label appeal than for proven protection. The controlled evidence that it repels mosquitoes is weak.
In 1 of 4 products
Peppermint oil (Mentha piperita) is a menthol-and-menthone oil found in many botanical sprays. It repels mosquitoes at high strength in the lab but only briefly, and it is one of the essential oils most likely to harm…
In 1 of 4 products
High in the phenols thymol and carvacrol, thyme oil has a sharper edge against ticks than mosquitoes. It anchors tick-focused botanicals like Badger's Anti-Tick Spray at about 1%.
In 1 of 4 products
Clove oil is mostly eugenol, a phenol that repels insects at high strength in the lab but ships in real products at a fraction of a percent, more for scent than for protection. Its more consequential trait is how toxic…
In 1 of 4 products
Distilled from Cymbopogon citratus and dominated by citral, the aldehyde behind both its lemon scent and most of its bite. Among essential oils it is one of the stronger mosquito performers, giving roughly an hour to…
Every Skeeter Screenproduct we've scored
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| Product | Active ingredient | Mosquito protection | Our score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeter Screen 4 oz. Personal SpraySpray | Geraniol, Geranium oil, Cedarwood oil, Rosemary oil, Peppermint oil, Thyme oil, Clove oil | not estimated | 29 |
| Skeeter Screen Patio CandleCandle | Citronella oil | — | 37 |
| Skeeter Screen Patio EggSpatial Device | Geraniol, Lemongrass oil | — | 43 |
| Skeeter Screen Yard SticksCoil | Citronella oil | — | 40 |