Detergent compositions containing enduring perfume

• US 5,500,154 A
• Filed: 10/20/1994
• Issued: 03/19/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Bacon, Dennis R., Trinh, Toan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieberman, Paul
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fries, Kery A.
• Application Number:
  US08/326,456
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 252/174.11, 252/174.21, 252/DIG. 16, 252/553, 252/174.17, 252/551, 252/174.12, 134/42
• US Class Current: 510/102
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/0069 Laundry bars
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/065 High-density particulate detergent compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/50 Perfumes

Abstract

A detergent composition containing efficient enduring perfume composition is provided. Specifically, the detergent composition comprises: a perfume composition comprising at least about 70% of enduring perfume ingredients characterized by having boiling points, measured at the normal, standard pressure, of about 250° C. or higher, and an octanol/water partitioning coefficent P of about 1,000 or higher, i.e., having a logP, or calculated logP, of about 3 or higher. The perfume is substantially free of halogenated fragrance materials and nitromusks. The composition also contains from about 0.01% to about 95% of a detergent surfactant system, preferably containing anionic and/or nonionic detergent surfactants. The compositions can be in the form of granules, liquids, pastes, bars, etc.

Claims

1. A detergent composition comprising:

(A) from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of an enduring perfume composition said composition is selected from Perfume A which consists of benzyl salicylate, ethylene brassylate, Galoxide-50%, hexyl cinnamic aldehyde, and tetrahydro linalool or Perfume B which consists of benzyl acetate, benzyl salicylate, Coumarin, ethylene brassylate, Galoxide-50%, hexyl cinnamic aldehyde, lilial, methyl dihydro isojasmonate, gamma-n-Methyl ionone, patchouli alcohol, and tetrahydrolinalool;

(B) from about 0.01% to about 95% of a surfactant system.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.005% to about 5% by weight.

3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.01% to about 3% by weight.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the level of surfactant is from about 5% to about 85%.

5. The composition of claim 4 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.005% to about 5% by weight.

6. The composition of claim 5 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.01% to about 3% by weight.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein the level of surfactant is from about 3% to about 30%.

8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the level of surfactant is from about 5% to about 22%.

9. The composition of claim 7 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.005% to about 5% by weight.

10. The composition of claim 9 wherein the enduring perfume composition is at a level of from about 0.01% to about 3% by weight.

11. The composition of claim 1 in the form of a liquid and comprising a carrier selected from the group consisting of water, C₁ -C₄ monohydric alcohols, C₂ -C₆ polyhydric alcohols, liquid polyalkylene glycols, and mixtures thereof.

12. The composition of claim 1 wherein said surfactant system comprises an anionic detergent surfactant.

13. The composition of claim 12 wherein said surfactant system comprises at least about 50% anionic detergent surfactant.

14. The composition of claim 1 wherein said surfactant system comprises:

a mixture of anionic and nonionic detergent surfactants.

15. The composition of claim 14 the level of detergent surfactant is from about 1% to about 30%.

16. The composition of claim 15 wherein the level of said detergent surfactant is from about 12% to about 25% and said composition contains from about 0.05% to about 20% of surfactant that builds suds other than said detergent surfactant.

17. The detergent composition of claim 1 further comprising from about 1% to about 55% of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of:

alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl ester sulfonates, alkyl ethoxylates, alkyl phenol alkoxylates, alkylpolyglucosides, alkyl sulfates, alkyl ethoxy sulfate, secondary alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof.

18. The detergent composition of claim 17 further comprising at least about 1% by weight of a detergency builder.

19. The detergent composition of claim 18 further comprising adjunct ingredients selected from the group consisting of bleaches, bleach activators, suds suppressors, enzyme stabilizers, polymeric dispersing agents, dye transfer inhibitors, soil release agents and mixtures thereof.

20. The detergent composition of claim 17 wherein said composition is in the form of agglomerates and the density of said detergent composition is at least about 650 g/l.

21. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said composition is in the form of a laundry bar.

22. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein said composition is in the form of a liquid.

23. A method of laundering fabrics comprising the step of contacting said fabrics with an aqueous medium containing an effective amount of a detergent composition according to claim 1.