and items of equipment these articles when the present liquid formulation has been applied thereto effectively prevent game animals from detecting a wearer 39 s body odor or scent the term u201c substantially liquid formulation u201d is contemplated to describe formulations which may contain nonliquid ingredients but can nonetheless be applied by methods used to apply other liquids after the nonliquid ingredients are suspended e g by agitation one such method of application is by using a spray bottle the present invention may include an odor adsorbing material the odor adsorbing material suspendable or otherwise included in an aqueous solution or emulsion the present formulation may also include one or more preservatives to include one or more antimicrobial formulations an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate one or more surfactants and or an alkali metal hydroxide powdered activated carbon may be advantageously suspended in this liquid formulation optionally a dye is included unless otherwise specified ingredient proportions are stated in percent by weight of the final product 1 alkali metal salts of c 2 c 6 carboxylic acids e g sodium propionate niacet corporation 2 derivatives of imidazoles e g imidazolidinyl urea tristad 1u tri k industries 3 mixtures of esterified phenols and phenol derivatives e g methylparaben propylparaben and diazolidinyl urea germaben 2 sutton labs a 3 isothiazolones and salts formed by reactions with acids such as hydrochloric nitric and sulfuric acids e g 5 chloro 2 methyl 4 isothiazolin 3 one 2 n butyl 3 isothiazolone 2 benzyl 3 isothiazolone 2 phenyl 3 isothiazolone 2 methyl.