BreathFresh

You notice it in the way people take half a step back.

Nobody says anything. That is exactly what makes it hard. You see it in a glance that moves away a little too quickly, in a conversation that stays at arm's length, and you start watching for it yourself: a hand in front of your mouth, speaking more softly, turning away when you say goodbye. At some point you have shaped your whole manner around something nobody ever mentions.

And you have been doing everything right for years. Brushing twice a day, mouthwash, mints in every coat pocket. It helps for half an hour and then it is back. That is because most products cover odours instead of dealing with where they come from: the coating on your tongue and between your teeth, where bacteria produce sulphur compounds. As long as that layer stays, the smell keeps returning.

BreathFresh is built for exactly that. It is a rinse rather than a spray, so it reaches the surfaces a mint never touches. Hydrogen peroxide lifts the film that holds the odour in place and works on the staining sitting on the enamel. Thymol, eucalyptol, menthol and methyl salicylate then settle the mouth and leave it genuinely clean rather than perfumed.

✔ Works on the cause of the smell instead of masking it
✔ Also helps with discolouration on the tooth surface
✔ Alcohol free
✔ Done in a minute, morning or evening
✔ No prescription, used alongside your normal brushing routine

Most people notice their mouth feels cleaner after the very first time. The tongue coating visibly reduces over the following days, and the difference you notice most is that you stop thinking about it all day — you simply talk, without first working out how close you are standing.

How to use: rinse once a day for about a minute, then spit out. Do not swallow. Contents: 237 ml per bottle, enough for roughly 30 days of daily use.