Disclosed are oral care compositions effective to control mouth and breath malodour comprising in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a combination of an antibacterial agent and a deodorizing or odor-neutralizing agent comprising a compound having the structure wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 may be identical or different, each representing H, a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl, phenyl, &mdashOH or &mdashORa R4 is &mdashOH, &mdashORa, phenyl, or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl and Ra is phenyl or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl. The odor-neutralizing agent may further comprise one or more of an additional odor-neutralizing compound selected from &alpha-damascenone, &alpha-isomethylionone, &alpha-ionone, &bgr-ionone, pulegone, piperitone, carvone, coenzyme Q10 or cinnamaldehyde. The antibacterial agent may comprise one or a mixture of a quaternary ammonium compound selected from cetylpyridinium chloride, tetradecylpyridinium chloride, N-tetradecyl-4-ethyl pyridinium chloride or domiphen bromide metal ions such as stannous, zinc or copper chlorhexidine triclosan triclosan monophosphate or selected essential oils.
