Despite their use of active ingredients like DEET (which, admittedly, is pretty effective) and Picaridin, chemical-based insect-repellent sprays tend to have a smell somewhere between Off! candle and car air freshener cranked up to 11 -- not the sort of thing you're keen to bathe in during the sweaty months. Thankfully, there are a number of non-chemical, kid-friendly alternatives available, and where smell-to-effectiveness ratio is concerned, California Baby ranks high both in pleasantness and in sheer bug-repelling muscle.
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