{{Short description|Type of breath freshener}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{infobox brand | name = Sen-Sen | logo = | logo_size = | image = Sen-Sen.jpg | type = Breath mints | currentowner = T. B. Dunn Company | origin = | introduced = | discontinued = 2013 | related = | markets = Worldwide | previousowners = | trademarkregistrations = | ambassador = | tagline = | website = }}
'''Sen-Sen''' was a type of breath freshener originally marketed as a "breath perfume" in the late 19th century by the T. B. Dunn Company<ref name="otc">{{Cite web |title=Sen-Sen |url=https://www.oldtimecandy.com/pages/sen-sen |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=OldTimeCandy.com |language=en}}</ref> and then produced by F&F Foods until they discontinued the product in July 2013.<ref name="sensenhistory">{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Sen-Sen Candy (History, Pictures & Marketing) - Snack History |url=https://www.snackhistory.com/sen-sen-candy/ |access-date=April 17, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> Sen-Sen bore a strong similarity to Vigroids, a liquorice sweet made by Ernest Jackson & Company, Ltd.
Sen-Sens were available in small packets or cardboard boxes. Similar to a matchbox of the time, an inner box slid out from a cardboard sleeve revealing a small hole from which the tiny Sen-Sen squares would fall when the box was shaken.<ref name="sensenhistory"/>
Sen-Sen's ingredients were liquorice, anise, gum arabic, maltodextrin, sugar, and natural and artificial flavors.
Sen-Sen is mentioned in the song "Ya Got Trouble" in the musical ''The Music Man'' as a means for young people to conceal the smell of beer (Bevo) and cigarettes from their parents.
The mints are mentioned in the Billy Joel song "Keeping the Faith".<ref name="Joel offical">{{cite web |title=Keeping The Faith |website=Billy Joel Official Site |url=https://www.billyjoel.com/song/keeping-faith-7/ |access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref>
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