Or try picaridin-based products if for some crazy reason you would prefer not to be appealing to cats.

It too is as effective as Deet, which you probably don't want to use.

link to the study abstract

P3.15

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vvvgg1ub4n3rtqlm0gidz/SEB_Flo...

> A homegrown catnip lotion has proven “just as effective as Deet” as a mosquito repellant in trials carried out in Uganda.

While this is good news...a quick realty check, for those unfamiliar:

Malaria, which is transmitted by mosquito bites, kills ~16,000 Ugandans per year. That is a profoundly different social and economic situation from what mosquito repellents face in most of the world.

Also, the research is aimed straight at local, low-tech production in Uganda. Criteria like "shelf stable", "no unpleasant odor", and "doesn't stain clothing" could be very low priorities.

EDIT: Fixed mortality number, added source:

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profil...

Note the >10M annual cases. Malaria is really not a nice disease, and Uganda's population is only about 50M.