Perfume Moieties Reducing Olfactory Habituation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers experience habituation to perfumes, requiring increasing amounts or frequent product changes to maintain desired scent, due to the body's physiological response to repeated exposure to a single stimulus, which is a primal defense mechanism.
Innovation Solution
Development of perfumes and perfume delivery systems incorporating specific chemical moieties such as thiol, sulfide, thiazole, pyrazine, and oxathiane moieties that are less susceptible to habituation, combined with fragrance modulators to enhance scent intensity and consistency over time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If conventional perfume raw materials are used, then initial scent appeal is achieved, but habituation occurs requiring increasing amounts or frequent product changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting specific chemical moieties (thiol, sulfide, thiazole, pyrazine, oxathiane) with particular molecular structures that fundamentally alter how the fragrance interacts with human physiology. These structural parameters create scents that bypass the habituation pathway, allowing the same quantity to remain effective over extended periods without the consumer developing tolerance.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses composite fragrance compositions combining multiple chemical moieties (thiol, sulfide, thiazole, pyrazine, oxathiane) in specific formulations. This composite approach creates a multifaceted scent profile where different molecular components work synergistically to maintain interest and avoid habituation, as the complex interaction of multiple chemical structures prevents the sensory system from adapting to a单一 stimulus.
2Reliability
If consumers use the same perfume continuously, then familiarity is achieved, but habituation reduces scent effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameter selection to include specific moieties known to resist habituation. By carefully selecting and combining these chemical structures, the fragrance maintains consistent perceptual impact over time, reliability in delivering the desired scent effect without the consumer's sensory system adapting or becoming desensitized.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fragrance modulators are added to enhance scent intensity, then scent consistency is improved, but formulation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves scent consistency through parameter changes in the base fragrance composition itself—selecting chemical moieties with stable molecular structures and predictable volatility profiles. This intrinsic stability reduces the need for additional fragrance modulators, as the core fragrance materials maintain their sensory impact consistently over time without requiring extensive formulation adjustments.
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AI summary
The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfumes, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials, perfumes and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. The perfumes disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options.