No matter what color/flavor you buy, every single one has that classic brown Listerine smell. Which ingredient is it that gives it that signature odor?
2007-01-09 01:54:11 · 3 answers · asked by desiderio 5 in Health ➔ Dental
I don't believe it's the alcohol. Cognac does not smell like Listerine. Neither does vodka, and that has a good amount of alcohol in it as well.
2007-01-09 02:07:18 · update #1
And to clarify, there is somewhat of an alcohol odor in Listerine, I will give it that. But there is another smell, that nothing else I've ever encountered smells like. Even after the alcohol evaporates, there is a lingering odor that is what I'm questioning.
2007-01-09 02:10:39 · update #2
I'm pretty sure it's the eucalyptus that gives Listerine that mediciney smell... the same thing is in Vick's Vaporub and oil for use in vaporizers. That, in combo, with the alcohol.
2007-01-09 04:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by LaLa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The active ingredients are menthol, thymol, methyl salicylate, and eucalyptol. Ethanol or grain alcohol is present in concentrations between 21 and 26% w/v. At the concentrations in Listerine, ethanol does not have antimicrobial activity but rather serves to dissolve the active ingredients and to facilitate the penetration of the active ingredients into dental plaque.
So take your pick. I have no idea. LOL Scopes ingredients are not the same.
Read this article I found. Looks like scope is the winner in killing bacteria. Who Knew? I sure didn't.
2007-01-09 02:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Skeeter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the high concentration of alcohol in it,it has 65%alcohol just like a cognac
2007-01-09 01:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by Lionel M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋