Description
Key Features:
- 2 Pack Special: Save money with our two-pack offer.
- DEET-Free Natural Insect Repellent: Frenchies’ Maine Woods Bug Dope is your go-to solution for a bug-free experience, minus the DEET. Our natural insect repellent is crafted to neutralize your CO2 signature, keeping biting insects away without harsh chemicals.
- Effective and Family-Safe: Not only does Bug Dope boast an enticing cedar-lemon scent loved by our customers, but it also delivers real results. Safe for the entire family, including children and dogs, it provides a protective shield against ticks, mosquitoes, black flies, biting gnats, and more.
- Long-Lasting Protection: Bug Dope provides you with continuous defense against many biting insects. Up to 10X the amount of active ingredients found in other commercially available natural insect repellents.
- Insect Repellent Essential Oils: Essential oils that include high concentrations of cedar, geranium, citronella, and a harmonious blend of other natural oils will camouflage your CO2 signature so that insects can’t find you. These oils not only repel insects but also provide a refreshing aroma.
- Best Natural Insect Repellent for Ticks: Bug Dope is your best companion in preventing tick bites. Explore our FAQ page for detailed information on how it effectively combats ticks, ensuring your outdoor adventures are worry-free.
- All Natural & Sustainable: Crafted in Maine and packaged in recyclable containers, Frenchies’ commitment to sustainability shines through.
Directions for Use:
- Shake well before use.
- Apply liberally to exposed skin and clothing with an even mist.
- Avoid contact with mouth and eyes. Do not swallow, for external use only.
- Safe for children but should be applied by an adult.
- Safe for dogs, but not advisable for use on cats.
- Reapply every 1 to 2 hours.
Susan Eland (verified owner) –
Best balsam concoction yet and the bug dope REALLY WoRKS!!
Claire Veilleux (verified owner) –
Always the best!!! 💖
Kathy (verified owner) –
Will not use anything else out in the woods or on the golf course!
Billy –
For some reason got really buggy fall turkey season worked great kept the bugs away
Christine –
Works great! Even deters horse flies at the beach!
Francine Proulx –
Thanks to this bug spray I never get mosquito bites. The bugs usually love me. I live in South Florida where mosquitoes are plentiful. Thank you Frenchies !
Jean Montesano –
I live on the marsh so when setting foot out the door, the attacks from mosquitoes is grueling. Your Maine Woods Bug Dope wards off even the largest swarms. Oh yes, they’re out there but they are not on me. Submitting my next order tonight!
Janet Edwards –
Don’t leave home without it. Seriously, it works. Smells great.
Rebecca –
Smells good, no harmful chemicals & it works! We live in a wooded area in Maine and the ticks have been extremely bad this year so we’ve been using it daily and it’s by far, the best repellent on the market. Highly recommend.
Dan Penney –
Keeps the black flies away during spring fishing and working outside. Very effective throughout the initial hatch and life cycle . The best such product I’ve ever used.
Laurie –
I call it my summer cologne- at least on those hiking/ camping trips.
JAMES –
I only used this product one time. It seems to work well.
Brian Tucker –
The free and speedy delivery of the product was appreciated very much. Most insect repellents have an unpleasant odor, not so with your product.
Claire Veilleux –
Love it thanks
Brenda –
My husband loves the Bug Dope!
He can wear it hunting because it smells like the woods and covers his human scent!
Pah –
My son bought this repellent and I loved it so much I had to get my own. Don’t know which I love better the woodsy smell of the fact that it actually works.
Michael J. Tobin –
Affordable protection for everyone- HIGHLY recommend!
Laurie –
I’ve used this for years- the only thing that actually keeps mosquitoes from eating me up!
LSL Deborah –
Football practice begins next week. Late afternoon and evening games under the lights draw mosquitoes and assorted nuisance insects. I’m so pleased with this product from use in and around The Lakes Region that I’m giving our grandson a bottle to keep with his gear, and you can bet Grandpa and I will have used ample spray before sitting out to root for his team! Thanks for an effective, environmentally friendly product.
Bruce Kennett –
In general I am very pleased. Works effectively with black flies and mosquitoes. However, does not repel ticks as I had hoped it would. This included spraying around feet, on clothing etc. as well as on skin. (Review written in NH, late May.)
Frenchies’ response:
Natural repellents are extremely effective in repelling mosquitoes and black flies by masking your carbon dioxide signature/respiration. However ticks can, in addition, sense heat and motion. Nothing you spray on yourself will entirely keep them from sensing, finding and getting on you – even poisons. However four primary essential oils in Frenchies’ Maine Woods Bug Dope – cedar, lemon grass, geranium and rosemary have all been shown to reduce the incidence of ticks locating you and actually BITING. So while the ticks may find you as you move (incidence will be reduced with Frenchies’ Bug Dope), they will not be as likely to actually bite if you spray Frenchies’ on your skin. That said, you must find and remove ticks that do crawl on you, so they do not migrate to an area, under clothing for example, where you have not sprayed. As such Frenchies’ recommends, as does every state and federal authority with any tick repellent you use, to wear light colored clothing, long pants, and if possible long sleeves, and to watch for and immediately remove ticks that get on you. Frenchies’ Maine Woods Bug Dope, sprayed on any exposed skin to reduce tick biting, is one effective tool in a multi-pronged ‘tick strategy’. It also will allow you to avoid spraying poisons directly on your skin. More information is available at: https://frenchiesnatural.com/FAQ/. We appreciate the review!
O.R. –
Top ratings! My daughter, who is a biting bug magnet, is freshly returned from a week long service trip on the batey’s in the Domincan Republic. She has returned without a single bite! No kidding, this is a BIG deal for us! Accomplished with no harsh chemicals on her skin! My daughter claims the aroma was very appealing as well. It worked so well, she left the remainder of her bottle and the second bottle as a donation for the next crew that will arrive for work. I plan to purchase another couple of bottles for my family this summer. Bug dope is dope!
Rebecca –
My husband has been walking every morning on our road which is very buggy and he ran out of his deep woods off and I said I think I have something – I remembered that I had some Frenchies bug dope! – so I gave it to him and he came back and said he will never use regular bug spray/deet again and he will only use Frenchies!! HE LOVED IT!! It smells SO much better, doesn’t sting his skin and IT WORKS BETTER than deet at keeping the bugs away!!!
Heather –
Love it and highly recommend regular use – especially in Maine!
Amy –
It works!
Barbara –
Last year I went to Alaska and on a walk we were swarmed with giant mosquitoes. We sprayed on the bug dope and weren’t bothered from then on. It was amazing. Yesterday the black flies were out … but not on me, thanks again to the bug dope. Thanks for a great product!
Rebecca C. –
I just went on a 10 day trip to the Dominican Republic, and used the bug dope every day, multiple times I day. I didn’t get a single mosquito bite the entire trip!!! It was amazing! The bug dope’s smell was incredible, felt good on the skin, and didn’t get sticky like other bug sprays. I plan on buying more bottles, and I got everyone else on the trip hooked on it as well. Thanks for creating such a great product!!
Denny Cramer –
I HAVE TWO WORDS FOR YOU ABOUT YOUR BUG DOPE:
IT WORKS!
MANY THNX!
F.T. –
And it smells great!
Cheryl Parent –
Fishing went well. no fish, but on the up side, the black flies buzzed, but did not land nor bite !! Thanks guys
Chris Landry –
we used your Bug Spray over the weekend. The stuff is Excellent! What a pleasure it is to go outside Fishing and not be covered in hazardous chemicals.
Customer in S. Carolina –
I absolutely Love Bug Dope! It is the best product for Mosquitoes that I have ever used. I’ll be 70 yrs old and have tried most every product on the market. Nothing works better. I have given it as a gift. It smells fresh and pleasant, perfect to carry in my purse. It has made my life much better, after being stung numerous times with other products.
Beth Goodfellow Blumer –
This Farm Family loves the bug dope and the foaming balsam soap. Your products can keep up with my guys. I need to try your citrus and lemon scents next!
Terri Ducharme McDaniel –
Have to say came to know of your product through a friend on a hike this past Sunday!!! Was amazed at how well it worked and love that it is all natural and can use on my kids with no worries!!! Will be ordering my own from your website and look forward to trying your other products!!!