BUGS REPELLENT JEWELRY REALLY STINKS

BUGS REPELLENT JEWELRY REALLY STINKS

MINNEAPOLIS (Wireless Flash) -- A new line of jewelry really stinks -- and that's the way the manufacturer wants it. The new sterling silver jewelry has a special scent that supposedly repels mosquitos, gnats and flies. Minneapolis-based jeweler Jill Johnson says her "Bugs B Wear" jewelry is designed to be dipped in a vial of bug-repelling oil that drives insects batty. The jewelry will keep bugs away for 24 hours -- but only around the face and neck. Johnson plans on adding an anklet and lapel pin to her "bug- off" jewelry collection which will provide head-to-toe anti- insect coverage.

CONTACT: Jill Johnson, ***1/2; Arrange thru Sylvia O'Hagen; Rye, NY; (914) 381-1843