Biodegradable fabric softener compositions with improved perfume longevity

A rinse-added fabric softening composition selected from the group consisting of:

• I. A solid particulate composition comprising:
• (A) from about 50% to about 95% of biodegradable cationic quaternary ammonium fabric softening compound;
• (B) from about 0,01% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of nonionic or anionic compound that is an ester of non-allylic alcohol, having the formula:
• E(F).sub.g
• wherein E is a residue of a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of:
• malonic acid, glutaric acid, sebacic acid, acetone dicarboxylic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, tartaric acid, butanetetracarboxylic acid, phtalic acid, pyromellitic acid, mellitic acid, nicotinic acid, fumaric acid, pentadienoic acid, and itaconitic acid;
• wherein F is the residue of a non-allylic perfume alcohol selected from the group consisting of amyl alcohol, arbozol, beta gamma hexenol, brahmanol, butyl alcohol, cyclomethylene citronellol, dihydro floralol, dimethyl heptanol, dimethyl octanol, hawthanol, heptyl alcohol, hydratropic alcohol, isoamyl alcohol, isononyl alcohol, lavandulol, majantol, mayol, methyl benzene propanol, methyl lavender ketone, methyl pentenol, 3-methyl-1-pentanol, mugetanol, nopol, octyl alcohol, pamplefleur, cis-3-pentenol, phenyl acetaldehyde glycerine acetal, phenyl propyl alcohol, rhodinol 70, rosalva, rosaphen, silwanol, undecylenic alcohol, undecylic alcohol, acetoin, apricosal, camekol dh, cyclohexyl propyl alcohol, ethoxiff, geraminol, iso butyl benzyl carbinol, kohinool, lavinol, osyrol, phenyl ethyl methyl carbinol, polysantol, propyl benzyl carbinol, sandalore, timberol, norlimbanol, dihydro carveol, dimethyl cyclormol, iso pulegol, menthol, patchone, rootanol, roselea/apo patchone/folrosia, sandiff, santalex T, trans decahydro beta naphthol, trimethylcyclohexanol, verdol, aprol 161, ambrinol, cymenol, dihydro linalool, dihydro myrcenol, dihydro terpineol, dimethyl benzyl carbinol, dimethyl octanol-3, dimetol, hydrolene, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxycitronellal dimethyl acetal, linalool oxide, lymolene, lyral, methyl octanol, muguol, myrcenol, ocimenol, para-methyl dimethyl benzyl carbinol, phenyl ethyl dimethyl carbinol, phenyl ethyl methyl ethyl carbinol, alpha terpineol, terpinenol-4, tetrahydro linalool, tetrahydro muguol, tetrahydro myrcenol, plinol, dimyrcetol, ethyl hexane diol, hydroxycitronellol, pinacol, trimethyl pentane diol, and mixtures thereof;
• and wherein g is from 1 to about equal to the number of carboxylate groups present in E;
• (C) optionally, from about 0% to about 30% of dispersibility modifier;
• and
• (D) optionally, from about 0% to about 15% of pH modifier;
• and
• II a liquid composition comprising:
• (A) from about 0.5% to about 80% of biodegradable cationic quaternary ammonium fabric softening compound;
• (B) from about 0.01% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of nonionic or anionic compound that is an ester of non-allylic alcohol, having the formula:
• E(F).sub.g
• wherein E is a residue of a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of:
• malonic acid, glutaric acid, sebacic acid, citric acid, acetone dicarboxylic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, tartaric acid, butanetetracarboxylic acid, phthalic acid, pyromellitic acid, mellitic acid, nicotinic acid, fumaric acid, pentadienoic acid, and itaconitic acid;
• wherein F is the residue of a non-allylic perfume alcohol selected from the group consisting of amyl alcohol, arbozol, beta gamma hexenol, brahmanol, butyl alcohol, cyclomethylene citronellol, dihydro floralol, dimethyl heptanol, dimethyl octanol, hawthanol, heptyl alcohol hydratropic alcohol, isoamyl alcohol, isononyl alcohol, lavandulol, majantol, mayol, methyl benzene propanol, methyl lavender ketone, methyl pentenol, 3-methyl-1-pentanol, mugetanol, nopol, octyl alcohol, pamplefleur, cis-3-pentenol, phenyl acetaldehyde glycerine acetal, phenyl propyl alcohol, rhodinol 70, rosalva, rosaphen, silwanol, undecylenic alcohol, undecylic alcohol, acetoin, apricosal, camekol dh, cyclohexyl propyl alcohol, ethoxiff, geraminol, iso butyl benzyl carbinol, kohinool, lavinol, osyrol, phenyl ethyl methyl carbinol, polysantol, propyl benzyl carbinol, sandalore, timberol, norlimbanol, dihydro carveol, dimethyl cyclormol, iso, pulegol, menthol, patchone, rootanol, roselea/apo patchone/folrosia, sandiff, santalex T, trans decahydro beta naphthol, trimethylcyclohexanol, verdol, aprol 161, ambrinol, cymenol, dihydro linalool, dihydro myrcenol, dihydro terpineol, dimethyl benzyl carbinol, dimethyl octanol-3, dimetol, hydrolene, hydroxycitronellal, hydroxycitronellal dimethyl acetal, linalool oxide, lymolene, lyral, methyl octanol, muguol, myrcenol, ocimenol, pare-methyl dimethyl benzyl carbinol, phenyl ethyl dimethyl carbinol, phenyl ethyl methyl ethyl carbinol, alpha terpineol, terpinenol-4, tetrahydro linalool, tetrahydro muguol, tetrahydro myrcenol, plinol, dimyrcetol, ethyl hexane diol, hydroxycitronellol, pinacol, trimethyl pentane diol, and mixtures thereof:
• and wherein g is from 1 to about equal to the number of carboxylate groups present in E;
• (C) optionally, from about 0%, to about 30% of dispersibility modifier;
• and
• (D) the balance comprising liquid carrier selected from the group consisting of:
• water, C.sub.1-4 monohydric alcohol;
• C.sub.2-6 polyhydric alcohol;
• propylene carbonate;
• liquid polyethylene glycols;
• and mixtures thereof.