Fragrance compositions and their use in detergent products
AssigneeLever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Behan, Christopher F. Clements
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Abstract
Compositions of fragrance materials having an Odour Intensity Index of less than 110, and a Malodour Reduction Value of at least 0.25 or an Odour Reduction Value of at least 0.25, can be used as fragrance compositions in detergent powders, detergent liquids, soap or detergent bars or pastes, fabric-conditioning compositions in liquid or solid form, or personal body deodorant compositions, to confer deodorant effects in use even though they have in themselves a low or imperceptible level of fragrance (Odour Intensity Index).
Claims11
In a fabric meaning liquid or solid composition include, from 0.1% to 5% of a perfume composition of fragrance materials, the improvement wherein the content of fragrance materials in the perfume composition comprises (a) about 20% to 60% of at least one musk, based on the weight of the perfume composition, (b) at least 10% of at least one salicylate, based on the weight of the perfume composition on, and (c) at least about 20% of other fragrance materials which are neither musk nor salicylate, based on the weight of the perfume composition, and wherein the fragrance materials (a), (b) and (c) together have an odour intensity not greater than that of a 10% solution of benzyl acetate in dipropylene glycol.
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