Skin
Anyone who has to been to Scotland in the summer will have encountered the midge. On a warm day, the early morning and evening outdoor activities can be blighted by these blighters. Open your mouth at the wrong time and they are straight in there. They aren't bothered by bad breath but if they can't get in your gob they will just divert to the nostrils and ear holes. These attacks on your orifices are of course in addition to the standard cloud of the darned things that descends upon your scalp, eyelids and any exposed flesh they take a fancy to. The midges in Scotland are diabolical and don't taste very nice. But there is a defence. If your standard insect repellent doesn't do the job and you find walking aboot with an ignited mosquito coil balanced on your head a bit awkward, there is a saviour from the swarms that comes from a surprising source. If Avon - the cosmetics company not the tyre manufacturer - were able to gather data on the geographical sales of their products they might be a bit perplexed to find that one sells peculiarly well on the west coast of Scotland.
