An organic bug spray for the family, for long evenings outside.
€22.00200ml · glass spray bottle
An organic, all-natural spray for kiddos over one and adults. Gentle on skin, protective against mosquitoes and ticks — and free of the synthetic chemicals found in conventional repellents. Smells of citrus, florals, and herbs, not a pharmacy.
Five ingredients. Hand-blended in Ericeira. 200ml glass spray bottle.
Nothing else. No fragrance, no preservatives, no fillers. If you can’t pronounce it, it shouldn’t be in the jar.
Witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
A traditional astringent base — gentle on the skin, carries the essential oils evenly across it.
Distilled grain alcohol
Ethanol
A clean preservative and dispersant. Helps the spray dry quickly without stickiness.
Essential oil blend
Citrus, lavender, thyme & herbs
The active deterrents. Citrus, florals, and herbs that bugs dislike and skin tolerates well.
Vegetable glycerin
Glycerol
Plant-derived. Softens the spray on skin and binds the formula together.
Filtered water
Aqua
The carrier. Pure spring-filtered water — no chlorine, no fluoride.
I made this for my own people, and for the long Portuguese summers we spend mostly outside. I wasn't willing to spray DEET on a toddler — and most of the 'natural' bug sprays on the shelf either don't work or smell so synthetic you wonder what's actually in them.
So I worked out a formula with the traditional herbs that bugs avoid — citrus peel, lavender, thyme — on a witch hazel base. It smells of an herb garden in the evening. It needs to be reapplied more often than synthetic sprays; that's the honest trade-off for using nothing harsh. We make it in small batches each spring, and when it's gone, it's gone until next year.