Patent ID: 7202198

Claim:
A process for inhibiting or reducing a malodour formed as a result of fatty acid derivative and/or organic amine derivative-biodegradation wherein the fatty acid derivative and/or organic amine derivative biodegradation are selected from the group consisting of lauryl acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, fatty acid esters, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, monoalkyl amines, dialkyl amines, trialkyl amines, dimethyl di(hydrogenated tallow alkyl)ammonium chloride and mixtures thereof taking place (a) in a fabric care base absorbed in or adsorbed on a fabric article containing one or more fatty acid derivatives and/or one or more organic amine derivatives or (b) in a therapeutic or cosmetic base adsorbed on the human epidermis comprising the step of treating said fabric article or said human epidermis with a malodour-inhibiting quantity and concentration of a malodour-inhibiting or reducing substituted phenolic compound-containing composition consisting of 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol and pentaerythritol tetrakis(3 -(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate) with the weight ratio of 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol:pentaerythritol tetrakis(3 -(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate) being from about 2:1 up to about 4:1, over a malodour-inhibiting or reducing period of time.