Development of the Fabric Softener with Scent Enhanced by Moisture

Abstract

The market of fabric softeners with long-lasting scents is expanding in recent years, and the softeners have driven the aroma booms of daily necessities. At present, the softeners are used not only to soften clothes but also to enjoy the scents, and “long-lasting favorite scent” is mainly required for young people. The preferred scent tones for softeners are fresh and flowery. The fragrance components that make up their scent tones are hydrophilic and volatile. Therefore, they were difficult to be adsorbed and to remain on the clothes even if they were blended in softeners. In order to solve such a problem, we focus on the fragrance-precursor which can improve adsorption and sustained release of the fragrance components. The fragrance-precursors also have the ability to create fresh and flowery scent responding to moisture, and they give to new values of aroma with the comfortable fluctuation scent.