Malodour Counteracting Composition for Soap Base Odour Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Soaps often contain raw materials with malodours, such as animal tallow and vegetable oils, which can be difficult to mask with traditional fragrance materials due to their strong detection thresholds, leading to the need for excessive amounts of perfumes, making it costly to reduce or eliminate the perception of these malodours.
Innovation Solution
A malodour counteracting composition comprising a malodour antagonist system associated with perfuming ingredients and at least one malodour neutralizing system, which inhibits specific olfactory receptors and neutralizes malodour-causing compounds, reducing the perception of raw material malodours in soaps, thereby reducing the amount of fragrance needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If traditional fragrance materials are used to mask raw material malodours, then the malodour perception is reduced, but excessive amounts of fragrance are required due to high detection thresholds of malodour compounds
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary substance that binds to malodour compounds (such as amines, thiols, sulfides) to form complexes with lower volatility and reduced odour activity. This mediator approach allows masking of strong malodours at much lower fragrance concentrations, resolving the contradiction between effective malodour masking and excessive fragrance usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs composite fragrance compositions that combine multiple ingredients with different functions: some components specifically target and bind malodour compounds, while others provide pleasant aromatic notes. This composite approach enhances masking efficiency, reducing the total amount of fragrance needed compared to traditional single-component perfumes.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If excessive amounts of fragrance materials are used to mask malodours, then the malodour perception is eliminated, but the cost of the soap product increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By using intermediary substances that specifically bind to malodour compounds, the patent achieves effective malodour masking at lower overall fragrance concentrations. This mediator mechanism reduces the quantity of expensive fragrance materials required, thereby lowering production costs while maintaining acceptable malodour control.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the chemical parameters of the fragrance system by introducing compounds with specific binding affinities to malodour molecules. This parameter change enables more efficient masking per unit of fragrance, reducing the total fragrance load and associated costs in the final product.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively limits, decreases, or eliminates the perception of raw material malodours in soaps, reducing the amount of fragrance required and providing a cost-effective solution for malodour reduction.
Implementation Method 1
a malodour antagonist system associated with perfuming ingredients performing as malodour counteractant
Implementation Method 2
at least one malodour neutralizing system
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the field of malodour counteraction. More particularly, it concerns compositions that limit, decrease or eliminate the perception of malodours associated with soaps or soap bases. Such compositions include (i) a malodour antagonist system associated with perfuming ingredients performing as malodour counteractant, and (ii) at least one malodour neutralizing system, in a combination that significantly reduces the perception of malodours associated with soaps or soap bases. Such compositions, their use in combination with delivery systems and their applications in consumer products are objects of the present disclosure.