Patent ID: 8748477

Claim:
A sprayable insect repellent composition comprising a component (a) that comprises a dihydronepetalactone, or a mixture of dihydronepetalactone stereoisomers, as set forth by the formula: a component (b) that comprises an aliphatic alcohol; a component (c) that comprises a mixture of (i) one or more members of the group consisting of (AI) cyclo(ethoxy) methicone, (BI) bisphenyl hexamethicone, (CI) C 24 ˜C 28 alkyl methicone, and (DI) cetyl dimethicone polyol; (ii) one or more members of the group consisting of (AII) glycol ricinoleate, (BII) polyglyceryl ricinoleate, (CII) propylene glycol ricinoleate, and (DII) glyceryl ricinoleate; and (iii) octyldodecanol; a component (d) that comprises a C 50 ˜C 650 branched polyhydroxy polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymer of ethylene diamine; a component (e) that comprises (i) a mixture of butylene glycol, propylene glycol and methyl propanediol, and/or (ii) a mixture of glycerol, methyl propanediol and isostearyl neopentanoate; and a component (f) that comprises one or more members of the group consisting of aminobenzoic acid, glyceryl aminobenzoic acid, oxybenzone, sulisobenzone, dioxybenzone and titanium dioxide.