Method And Device For Releasing A Perfume Or Scent

Abstract

A method for masking or modifying the olfactory or gustatory sensation generated in a user by a base product ( 7 ) includes releasing an aromatic or fragrant composition over time in a sequenced manner in relation to the release of the base product ( 7 ), the aromatic or fragrant composition being housed in at least one rupturable container ( 5 ). A device used to implement the method is also disclosed.

1 . A method for masking or modifying the olfactory or gustatory sensation generated in a user by a base product ( 7 ) contained in a package ( 2 ), characterized in that a device ( 1 ) is placed in a removable manner on the orifice for extraction from said package ( 2 ) an aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one breakable reservoir ( 5 ) situated in said device is released in a manner sequenced over time relative to the release of said base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said reservoir ( 5 ) comprises a breakable casing ( 6 ) and a core comprising or consisting of said aromatic or fragrant composition. 
     
     
         3 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said reservoir ( 5 ) is a capsule. 
     
     
         4 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said aromatic or fragrant composition is unstable and/or incompatible with said base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         5 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) before the start of the release of the base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         6 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one first aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) before the start of the release of the base product ( 7 ), and at least one second aromatic or fragrant composition, identical to or different than the first, contained in at least one other reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) at any moment during the release of a determined quantity of base product. 
     
     
         7 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) at any moment during the release of a desired quantity of the base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         8 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one first aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) at any moment during the release of the base product ( 7 ), and at least one second aromatic or fragrant composition, identical to or different from the first, contained in at least one other reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) after the end of the release of the desired quantity of base product. 
     
     
         9 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one reservoir ( 5 ) is released by breaking said reservoir ( 5 ) after the end of the release of the desired quantity of the base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         10 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) is in fluid form, particularly cream, milk, lotion, gel, unguent, ointment, emulsion, gas, solid dispersion, liquid dispersion. 
     
     
         11 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) contains at least one main active pharmaceutical ingredient, a pharmaceutical composition or a medication. 
     
     
         12 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) contains at least one active cosmetic ingredient, and preferably is a cosmetic care cream, a hair product of the shampoo type or a hair coloring product, or a depilatory cream. 
     
     
         13 . The method as claimed in any  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) is a food, agribusiness, nutraceutical or dietetic product, preferably yoghurt, sauce or drink. 
     
     
         14 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) is a hygiene product, in particular personal hygiene, particularly by mouth, domestic hygiene or industrial hygiene, particularly a detergent, fabric softener, a bactericide. 
     
     
         15 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) contains at least one active phytopharmaceutical ingredient or an insecticide. 
     
     
         16 . A device ( 1 ) capable of being placed in a removable manner on an orifice for extraction from a package ( 2 ) comprising a base product ( 7 ), said device ( 1 ) comprising at least one aromatic or fragrant composition contained in at least one breakable reservoir ( 5 ) and an appropriate means of breaking said reservoir ( 5 ). 
     
     
         17 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , said device ( 1 ) being adaptable to an orifice ( 3 ) for extraction of the base product ( 7 ) from said package, and comprising an orifice ( 8 ) for releasing the aromatic or fragrant composition and/or the base product, where necessary mixed together. 
     
     
         18 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said reservoir ( 5 ) comprises a breakable casing and a core comprising or consisting of said aromatic or fragrant composition. 
     
     
         19 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said reservoir ( 5 ) is a capsule. 
     
     
         20 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , characterized in that the reservoir ( 5 ) is broken either by the placing in contact of the reservoir ( 5 ) and of the base product ( 7 ) extracted from the package, or by a mechanical action applied by the user, or by the actuation of a means of breaking the casing contained in the device of the invention, of the type in particular of a shearing means, preferably of the static mixer type, of a baffle, of a convergent means, of an abrasive coating, of an abutment. 
     
     
         21 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , characterized in that it comprises a means for mixing said aromatic or fragrant composition with said base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         22 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said aromatic or fragrant composition is unstable and/or incompatible with said base product ( 7 ). 
     
     
         23 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , characterized in that said base product ( 7 ) is in fluid form, particularly cream, milk, lotion, gel, unguent, ointment, emulsion, gas, solid dispersion, liquid dispersion. 
     
     
         24 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , characterized in that the base product ( 7 ) contains at least one main active pharmaceutical ingredient, a pharmaceutical composition or a medication; or at least one active cosmetic ingredient, for the purpose of treatment or for hair, particularly of the shampoo type or hair coloring product, or of the depilatory cream type; or the base product ( 7 ) is a food, agribusiness, nutraceutical or dietetic product; or the base product ( 7 ) is a hygiene product, in particular personal hygiene, particularly by mouth, domestic hygiene or industrial hygiene, particularly a detergent, fabric softener, a bactericide; or the base product ( 7 ) contains a phytopharmaceutical product or an insecticide. 
     
     
         25 . The device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , characterized in that it is a single-use device ( 1 ). 
     
     
         26 . A method for perfuming or scenting successively a base product ( 7 ) contained in a single package with different aromatic or fragrant compositions, in which a first device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , comprising a first aromatic or fragrant composition, is adapted to the package, and a first dose of a base product is extracted, then at least one second device ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 16 , comprising a second aromatic or fragrant composition, is adapted to said package, if necessary after removal of the first device ( 1 ), and at least one second dose of said base product is extracted. 
     
     
         27 . A product obtained via a method as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises an inhomogeneous mixture of a base product and of an aromatic or fragrant composition that is unstable or incompatible with said base product.