Liquid detergent compositions

An aqueous laundry detergent composition comprising:

• (1) from about 1% by weight to about 10% by weight of a nonionic surfactant of the formula I
• R1O(R2O)b(Z)a I
• wherein R1 is a alkyl radical having from about 12 to about 14 carbon atoms;
• Z is a saccharide residue having 6 carbon atoms;
• b is 0;
• a is about 1.6;
• (2) from about 1% by weight to about 15% by weight of an anionic surfactant of the formula II
• R(EO)N]−MX+M II
• wherein R is an alkyl group having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, N is 2, M is 1 and X is a sodium cation;
• (3) from about 3% by weight to about 10% by weight sodium carbonate salt;
• and (4) from about 0.2 to about 0.5% by weight of an essential oil, all weights being based on the total weight of the composition, and wherein the total active surfactant amount is from about 3% to about 30% by weight, based on the total composition weight.

A method of making a stable, highly built liquid detergent comprising adding a mixture comprised of:

• (1) an alkyl polyglycoside of the formula I
• R1O(R2O)b(Z)a I
• wherein R1 is a monovalent organic radical having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms;
• R2 is a divalent alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms;
• Z is a saccharide residue having 5 or 6 carbon atoms;
• b is a number having a value from 0 to about 12;
• a is a number having a value from 1 to about 6 and (2) an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkyl ether sulfate having a degree of ethoxylation of from 1 to about 20, a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate, a secondary alkane sulfonate, and an alkyl sulfates to a composition comprised of a nonionic surfactant and a builder to increase the cloud point and product stability wherein the weight ratio of the sum of the alkyl polyglycoside and the anionic surfactant to the nonionic surfactant is from about 2 to about 4 and the weight ratio of the anionic surfactant to the alkyl polyglycoside is from about 0.5 to about 2.0.