1234+123 41 4123 4 567856781 1056788A malodour counteracting composition comprising (i) a salt of general formula (I) RRRRN X wherein R R R R are independently selected from C alkyl or R R R Rmay together constitute a nitrogen containing cyclic system in which the nitrogen is part of a pyridinium or an iraidazolinium ring and X is a counterion characterised by its protonated form having an acidity constant (pKa) lying between 1 and 6 and (ii) an alpha beta unsaturated carbonyl compound of the general formula RRC=CRC(=O)YR (II) wherein R R R and R are independently selected from hydrogen and C hydrocarbyl residues which may be saturated unsaturated aromatic cyclic branched or unbranched and are optionally substituted or R R R and R may together constitute a cyclic system and Y is oxygen or a single covalent bond with the proviso that Y is a covalent bond when R is hydrogen. The composition may be incorporated into consumer products and is able to remove malodours from the air or from surfaces.
