Deodorant compositions

A deodorizing method for reducing or eliminating an odor generated from an object having a solid surface, consisting essentially of the step of allowing a water-based deodorant composition to adhere to the solid surface of the object and then drying;

• wherein the pH of said deodorant composition is 6.8 to 9.0;
• said deodorant composition comprises:
• (a) 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol and/or a salt thereof, and
• (b) a penetrant comprising a nonionic organic solvent having a log P value of from 0 to 4 and
• at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of (i) a polyoxyethylene lauryl ether wherein the polyoxyethylene has an average molar number of addition of oxyethylene groups of 6 to 12, and (ii) a polyoxyethylene monoalkyl ether wherein the polyoxyethylene has an average molar number of addition of oxyethylene groups of 5 to 12 and the monoalkyl has a secondary hydrocarbon group having 12 to 14 carbon atoms;
• water in a content of from 70 to 99.9% by weight, and
• a weight ratio of a sum of the nonionic surfactant to the nonionic organic solvent in the penetrant (b) is from 10/1 to 1/10;
• wherein a content of the polyhydroxyamine compound and/or the salt thereof (a) is from 0.02 to 1% by weight, and a content of the penetrant (b) is from 0.01 to 1% by weight.