Longsleeve vs Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 15% Lotion

Longsleeve is Picaridin. Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 15% Lotion is Catnip Oil. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. Its label does not say what is in the rest of the formula.

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Active ingredientDifferent activesPicaridin 20%Catnip Oil 15%

MosquitoesLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 7 hours

TicksNot on fileUp to 14 hoursNot registeredEPA lists it as not registered for ticks.

Other biting pestsLongsleeve longerUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsUp to 7 h · flies

Ingredients namedNot on the labelAll nine ingredients namedNot on the label

FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 15% Lotion is a Catnip Oil 15% skin-applied insect repellent from E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, EPA Reg. No. 71654-23. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 7 hours against mosquitoes. Longsleeve Repellent is 20% picaridin, listed at up to 14 hours for both mosquitoes and ticks. Every line below comes from EPA’s database or the two products’ own federal labels.

The detailed comparison

Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.

	Longsleeve Repellent made by us	Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 15% Lotion
Made by	Hour 72, Inc.	E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Active ingredient	Picaridin 20%	Catnip Oil 15%
Mosquitoes	14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them.	7hrs
Ticks	14hrs	X Not registered for protection from ticks (EPA’s legend).
Also covers	flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h	flies 7h
Ingredients disclosed	Active ingredient: Picaridin20% Other ingredients, every one named80% Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol our EPA-accepted label; named to cosmetic-industry standards	Active ingredient: Catnip Oil15% Other ingredients85% the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label The 85% is not itemized on the label. Federal rules require naming only the active.
Formula identity	One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format	One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format
Federal label	on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System	on file since 2009 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.	101457-1	71654-23

Same name, different product

Products with closely related names span 7% to 15%. The name on the front of a bottle is not a formula. Check the EPA registration number if you want to know what you are buying.

Product	Active	EPA Reg. No.
Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 7% Liquid	Catnip Oil 7%	71654-24
Refined Oil Of Nepeta Cataria 7% Lotion	Catnip Oil 7%	71654-21
Refined Oil Of Nepata Cataria 15% Liquid	Catnip Oil 15%	71654-25

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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EPA data retrieved 2026-08-18. Registrations and labels change, and our reading of a scanned label can be wrong. Always check the product label you actually have before you buy or apply anything. If you spot a mistake here, email hello@longsleeve.com and we will correct it. Published by Longsleeve, not affiliated with or endorsed by EPA.

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