Perfume encapsulates
First Claim
1. An aqueous surfactant-containing product comprising perfume encapsulates having a shell with perfume encapsulated therein, said capsule shell comprising melamine-formaldehyde polymer and a second polymer comprising a polymer or copolymer of one or more anhydrides, said second polymer improving the perfume retention properties of said shell.
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Abstract
A perfume encapsulate comprises an aminoplast capsule, the capsule shell comprising urea-formaldehyde or melamine-formaldehyde polymer and a second polymer comprising a polymer or copolymer of one or more anhydrides, preferably ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer. The second polymer improves the stability of the capsules with respect to surfactant, thus improving perfume retention properties and enabling use of the capsules in aqueous surfactant-containing products in a way that has not hitherto been possible.
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- 1. An aqueous surfactant-containing product comprising perfume encapsulates having a shell with perfume encapsulated therein, said capsule shell comprising melamine-formaldehyde polymer and a second polymer comprising a polymer or copolymer of one or more anhydrides, said second polymer improving the perfume retention properties of said shell.
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6. In an aqueous surfactant-containing product which includes perfume encapsulates having a shell comprising a melamine-formaldehyde polymer encapsulating the perfume, the improvement wherein the shell comprises melamine-formaldehyde polymer and ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer, thereby improving the perfume retention properties of said encapsulate.
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