But there’s no indication that citronella candles provide more protection than any other smoke. Repellent bracelets, mosquito traps, and sound-based products likely won’t work, either.

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She picked up a cheap metal container that held a citronella candle and proceeded to bash my forehead, she thinks, five times until she was sure the spider was gone.” The damage was extensive.

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Citronella, lemongrass, and eucalyptus oils are particularly effective for this purpose. You can also add a few drops of these oils to candles or diffusers to help keep mosquitoes at bay.

It has a similar fragrance to lemongrass and citronella. Aldi's candle is a cross between dark, musky, woody and fresh lemon, or as I so politely described it as 'musky lemon dish soap'.