Patent ID: 7182941

Claim:
A method of treating an inanimate object or inanimate surface which has malodor impression to reduce said malodor impression, said method comprising the step of contacting said inanimate object or inanimate surface with an effective amount of a composition for reducing malodor impression comprising: (a) from about 0.01% to about 1%, by weight of said composition, of perfume; (b) water soluble, uncomplexed cyclodextrin; (c) aerosol propellant; (d) optionally, solubilizing aid; and (e) aqueous carrier; wherein said composition is essentially free of any material that would soil or stain fabric; wherein said composition is contained in an aerosol dispenser, and wherein said method provides less than about 5 milligrams of said cyclodextrin per milligram of said inanimate object or said inanimate surface.