Repellents play an important role in preventing or reducing the incidence of vector-borne diseases by preventing man—vector contact. However, the con- tinued use of synthetic repellents, such as DEET might lead to adverse effects in human beings as reported in previous studies [7]. Plants are rich sources of many compounds, such as alkaloids, ter- penoids and phenolics, which can be utilized for the development of alternatives to commercially available synthetic repellents [8]. Repellents based on natural oils generally do not provide protection from mosquito bites for as long DEET, which pro- vides 6h of protection [9]. In the present study, combinations of essential oils in different ratios