Deodorant composition

A deodorant skin treatment product comprising:

• (i) from 0.01 to 20% by weight of a deodorant composition having a deodorant value of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test;
• (ii) up to 99.9% by weight of a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the composition;
• the deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of:
• Class 1:
• phenolic substances
• Class 2:
• essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils
• Class 3:
• aldehydes and ketones
• Class 4:
• polycyclic compounds
• Class 5:
• esters
• Class 6:
• alcohols,
• provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class;
• said components being so selected that
• (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of class 1, class 2 and class 4;
• (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes;
• and
• (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b).