Malodour treatment compositions

摘要

The invention provides liquid malodour treatment compositions comprising a deodorising perfume, a solubilising aid therefor and water. The compositions are used to treat undesired odours on an item without the need for laundering. The perfume comprises: (a) an acetal or hemiacetal produced by reacting an aldehyde with a carbinol, or (b) a ketal or hemiketal produced by reacting a ketone with a carbinol, or (c) a cyclic triacetal of an aldehyde. The aldehyde is hexylcinnamic aldehyde; heliotropine; undecylenic aldehyde; dodecanal or one of; The ketone is hedione; methyl ionone or compound: The carbinol is citronellol; nerol; geraniol; dihydromyrcenol; b -phenyl ethyl alcohol; tetrahydrolinalool; undecavertol or : It is especially preferred that the compositions comprise a film-forming polymer e.g. polyvinyl acetate and/or at least partially hydrolysed polyvinyl acetate.