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From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: rec.backcountry,sci.chem,sci.bio,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Black Flies in New England
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.170618.7515@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Jun 91 17:06:18 GMT
References: <77327@brunix.UUCP> <1991Jun3.155122.8245@infocomm.com> <5994@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
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mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Michael Mahler) writes:
> 	To repell black flies, try Avon's Skin So Soft (rub a weak
> 	mixture - 1 cap to quart of water - into your hair or hat).

I've tried asking this question twice before on rec.backcountry without
success, so here goes again but crossposted to sci.chem, sci.bio and
misc.consumers:

What _is_ this stuff?  Fabric conditioner?  Water softener?  Moisturizing
lotion?  Leather softening oil?  Vitamin E?  Sexual lubricant?  The brand
name doesn't sound like one anybody would give to a purpose-designed insect
repellent.

What is its chemical composition?

Does it work, and if so, how?

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