PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid oral composition in which a discomfort feeling of the aftertaste peculiar to a cationic bactericide is improved, and which gives a refreshed feeling at the time of using.SOLUTION: The invention provides a liquid oral composition containing (A) cetylpyridinium chloride, (B) benzethonium chloride, and (C) one or more kinds of the extracts of the plants selected from Picrasma wood, Humulus lupulus, Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia absinthium, Gentian, and Phellodendron bark.