Floral/fruity scents have long been characterized as attractive to mosquitoes, so it’s natural that New Mexico State’s Molecular Vector Physiology Lab researcher Stacy Rodriguez tested a floral/fruity perfume against DEET in a lab trial.
But Rodriguez was surprised to discover that mosquitoes were almost as repelled by a Victoria’s Secret perfume called “Bombshell” as they were by DEET. By contrast, mosquitoes were actually attracted by vitamin-D-based “mosquito patches,” preferring to drink from subjects wearing them to subjects wearing no repellent at all.
via Boing Boing
