Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, or a lactone selected from gamma-methyl decalctone, gamma-decalactone, gamma-undecalactone and gamma-dodecalactone or mixtures thereof for use as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, mouth drops, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: A method for preventing the formation and/or for the removal of body odors, comprising priming the skin with a deodorant composition comprising an oil, for a period of time sufficient to allow binding of skin microorganisms and dissolution of odor into said composition, and thereafter washing off said composition with conventional detergents.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: A deodorizing composition comprising as an antimicrobial agent an effective amount of an extract of Indigofera tinctoria, or of an antimicrobially active fraction thereof.

Abstract: A deodorizer device for deodorizing shoes, includes a container containing deodorizer material, and a dispenser assembly at one end of the container for dispensing deodorizer material. The dispenser assembly includes a feed tube having one end located within the container and the opposite end communicating with one or more discharge openings for discharging deodorizer material laterally of the container. The dispenser assembly further includes an actuator attached at one end to the feed tube and configured to enable the actuator to be inserted into a shoe, when the container is inverted, to stably support the container in the inverted position, and to be pressed against the inner surface of the shoe bottom for discharging a quantity of deodorizer material from the discharge opening laterally into the shoe.

Abstract: A holder for an article of the type having a handle at one end and a working member at the opposite end, includes first and second fingers or arms extending in substantially parallel, spaced relation to each other to receive the article handle between them. One described embodiment is constructed as a flat blank of stiff sheet material for holding toothbrushes or similar articles. The flat blank is provided with cut and fold lines to define a pair of side sections normally spaced laterally apart, and a pair of strips separated from each other by cut lines and joined to the side sections by fold lines such that when the two side sections are moved toward each other to a mounting condition, the pair of strips become bowed outwardly of the side sections to serve as the upper and lower arms for supporting the articles between them.