Fragrance-containing cosmetic gelatin capsule

A fragrance-containing gelatin capsule comprising

• (a) a shell, the shell comprising a blend of odor-free gelatin having a Bloom value of from about 220-300, and a partially dehydrated, hydrogenated glucose syrup comprising at least about 25% by weight sorbitol and at least about 20% by weight of sorbitans;
• and
• (b) at least about 0.02 ml of a fill encapsulated by the shell, the fill comprising from about 5-40% of fragrance based on the weight of the fill, the fragrance being dissolved in a fragrance-dissolving system comprising (i) a volatile solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethicones, cyclomethicones, substituted siloxanes, aromatic hydrocarbons of about 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and aliphatic hydrocarbons having about 6 to 25 carbon atoms;
• and (ii) a nonvolatile cosolvent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 straight or branched chain alkyl esters of straight or branched chain carboxylic acids having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, benzyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 straight or branched chain alkyl benzoates, C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 a straight or branched chain alkyl esters of straight or branched chain carboxylic acids having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 straight or branched chain alkoxyalkyl esters of straight or branched chain carboxylic acids having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, glyceryl esters containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms derived from the carboxylic acid, sorbitan esters, straight or branched alkyl esters of alkoxylated fatty acid esters, and fatty alcohols having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof.