Murphy’s Naturals Mosquito Repellent Balm
Murphy's Naturals
Mosquito Repellent Balm
Plastic-free packaging, full disclosure, verified certifications. This is the pattern.
A DEET-free repellent balm in a plastic-free metal tin, with the kind of exact % ingredient disclosure we wish every brand practiced.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Metal tin, no plastic tube or bottle
- Every ingredient disclosed with its exact %
- B Corp and 1% for the Planet confirmed in their registries
Trade-offs
- Contains beeswax, so not vegan
- Reapply as needed, like all essential-oil repellents
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1, 2026-07-12). How we rank →
What's inside
Castor, lemongrass, rosemary, cedarwood and peppermint oils at disclosed % levels in an olive oil and beeswax base (beeswax 79%), packed in a press-open metal tin.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Tin | Metal, type not stated |
Free of DEET, synthetic repellents, added fragrance, dyes (stated)
- Packaging
- Metal tin; metal type not stated, no plastic components visible or stated
- Microplastics
- None; the formula is plant oils and beeswax
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
Certifications
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About Murphy's Naturals
Murphy's Naturals was founded in 2013 in the Raleigh, North Carolina garage of Philip Freeman, a US Navy veteran who named the company after his dog Murphy. It makes plant-based mosquito repellents, from balms and sprays to candles and incense, built on essential oils instead of DEET. The company has been a certified B Corp since 2015, an independent audit of social and environmental performance, which we confirmed in the B Lab directory. It is also a 1% for the Planet member and states it donates 2% of revenue each year to environmental and community nonprofits. The brand publishes the exact % of every active oil in this balm, a level of disclosure most personal care brands never attempt, though the olive oil base is listed without its own %.
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