US 9,499,770 B2Granted

Freshening compositions resisting scent habituation

AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company

InventorsGeorge Kavin Morgan, III, Jonathan Robert Cetti, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Michael Wayne Kinsey, Michael-Vincent Nario Malanyaon, Jennifer Lea Rinker, Ronald David Turner, Christine Marie Readnour

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Abstract

The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume blends, perfume delivery systems and air care products comprising such perfume raw materials, perfume blends and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and air care products. The perfume blends disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options.

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Dependent claims

A freshening composition comprising a perfume blend comprising about 0.0000001% to about 10%, by weight of said perfume blend, of a sulfur accord, said sulfur accord comprises:

(a) about 1% to about 99%, by weight of said sulfur accord, of 1-butylsulfanylbutane;
and
(b) about 1% to about 99%, by weight of said sulfur accord, of a sulfur-containing perfume raw material selected from the group consisting of:
2-(4-methyl-1,3-thiazol-5-yl)ethanol;
2-methylthio-3-methyl sulfanyl pryazine;
5-Mercapto-5-methyl-3-hexanone;
4,7,7-trimethyl-6-thiabicyclo[3.2.1]octane;
2-isobutylthiazole;
2-isopropyl-4-methyl thiazole;
5-methyl-2-(2-sulfanylpropan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-one;
limonene thiol;
4 methyl 4 mercapto pentane 2 one 1 ppm TEC;
2-acetyl thiazole;
oxane;
4-methoxy-2-methyl-2-butanethiol;
and mixtures thereof;
wherein said composition resists the fragrance habituation of a consumer to the freshening composition.

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