Crest makes a mouthwash that is much sweeter, but the problem I experienced with that is the bubbles. You can’t gargle without bubbles coming out of your mouth; you look like one of the Three Stooges who has just swallowed a bar of soap.
I tried the blue stuff once. Is it just me, or does that stuff taste exactly like toilet bowl cleaner smells? It’s green and maybe yellow for me.
Personally I think that if you don’t feel the burn using standard Listerine then you’re either not holding/swishing enough or have built up a fortress-like layer of skin on your gums. 
Listerine and the normal Scope also have that effect on me. I’ve found that the Scope ‘freshmint’ rather than ‘peppermint’ is much less painful and almost pleasant.
I thought everybody knew that it’s Listerine that feels like somebody just napalmed your mouth (i love the taste of napalm in the morning). Scope and the rest ain’t got nuthin on Listerine. Really. After 10 seconds… it HURTS. BAD. We’re talking eyes tearing and sphincter shrinking pain. But there is this weird feeling of accomplishment and cleanliness that comes with sticking it out.
Try it. It’s gotta be Listerine tho, not this mamsy-pamsy Scope or Crest. That stuff is sugar-water.
To answer the OP, no. But plenty of consumers apparently think nuketastic = effective at killing germs. For many, many years medicines were judged by the number of repulsive ingredients they contained (blood, poop and Fear Factor fodder) to chase out demons, etc. Lots of people swear by Buckley’s cough syrup (it tastes bad, and it works). Neither Buckley’s nor mouthwash needs to be painful, but folks like it that way.
There are several kinds of antibacterial mouthrinses that don’t burn
Lavoris
Crest pro health rinse
Biotene
You can add Scope to that list. However Scope and Lavoris are just for bad breath, they aren’t designed to fight gingivitis or plaque.
**cshsharpmajor **- DO NOT GARGLE WITH PURE EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL!
Sorry, for shouting and all, but that would be a really, really dumb thing to do. Eucalyptus E.O., like most essential oils, is very toxic if not diluted. At best, you’ll chemically burn and peel all the mucosa in your mouth and throat. At worst, you’ll absorb enough through your mucus membranes and into your blood stream that you’ll die.
Really, really dumb. Don’t do it. There’s probably only about 5-10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil in any mouthwash. You simply cannot gargle with a safe amount of it.
That should read “only about 5-10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil in any full bottle of mouthwash.” Seriously. Bad Idea.
Relax, I realise 
My whole bottle only contains maybe a large mouthful of the stuff, and I’m not about to go gargling with a whole mouthful of anything with POISON printed in large letters down the side. I made a small sample of 22% ethanol with a drop of eucalyptus oil and it actually tastes WORSE than regular Listerine, and more like paint stripper. So.
wipes brow
phew! OK. I like you way too much to have to end up in the news, an apparent victim of a koala hitman! 
I just went and gargled with a new bottle of Scope Original Mint I forgot I had. No burn whatsoever, but it got so frothy that I had to spit it out after 10-15 seconds because the frothiness grossed me out.
So if alcohol kills germs, what ingredients work against gingivitis and plaque?
It’s specifically the thymol, eucalyptol, and menthol.
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Same here. The problem I have with the high alcohol content stuff is that if I swallow even just a little bit, I have terrible reflux during the night. I’m currently rinsing with the store stuff in the AM and occasionally at night, but only if I’ll be sitting upright for a long time after. “I just gargled, honey - my breath is minty fresh, but sadly there will be NO SEX FOR YOU!”