Method of making perfumed goods

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of designing and making perfumed products and perfume raw materials for use in products and perfume raw materials selected by such methods and the use of same.

1 . A method comprising:
 a.) using a malodour reduction value determined by mathematical modelling to select one or more perfume raw materials;   b.) combining and/or processing said one or more perfume raw materials with one or more additional materials to form a product.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said product is a consumer product. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling comprises a technique selected from the group consisting of multiple linear regression, genetic function method, generalized simulated annealing, principal components regression, non-linear regression, projection to latent structures regression, neural networks, support vector machines, logistic regression, ridge regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, decision trees, nearest-neighbor classifier, molecular similarity analysis, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein said mathematical modelling comprises a technique selected from the group consisting of multiple linear regression, genetic function method, generalized simulated annealing, principal components regression, non-linear regression, projection to latent structures regression, neural networks, support vector machines, logistic regression, ridge regression and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein said mathematical modelling comprises a technique selected from the group consisting of multiple linear regression, projection to latent structures regression, neural networks and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein said mathematical modelling comprises multiple linear regression. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling comprises entering molecular descriptors into a multiple linear regression equation. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling provides a malodour reduction value that is the log of the reciprocal molar response. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling is sufficiently accurate to provide a malodour reduction value of at least 0.5. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling is sufficiently accurate to provide a malodour reduction value of from 0.5 to about 10. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling is sufficiently accurate to provide a malodour reduction value of from about 1 to about 10. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling is sufficiently accurate to provide a malodour reduction value of from about 1 to about 5. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mathematical modelling is sufficiently accurate to provide a Universal malodour reduction value. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said one or more additional materials is selected from the group consisting of surfactants, color care polymers, deposition aids, surfactant boosting polymers, pH adjusters, product color stabilizers, preservatives, solvents, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, and enzyme stabilizers, catalytic materials, bleach, bleach activators, polymeric dispersing agents, clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, dyes, UV absorbers, perfume and perfume delivery systems, structure elasticizing agents, thickeners/structurants, fabric softeners, carriers, hydrotropes, oligoamines, processing aids, hueing agents, pigments and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 2  wherein said consumer product is selected from the group consisting of baby care, beauty care, fabric & home care, family care, feminine care, health care, snack and/or beverage products or devices. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the said mathematical method uses the one or more of the following equations:
     MORV=− 8.5096+2.8597×( dxp 9)+1.1253×( knotpv )−0.34484×( e 1 C 2 O 2)−0.00046231×( idw )+3.3509×( idcbar )+0.11158×( n 2 pag 22);  a)
       MORV=− 5.2917+2.1741×( dxvp 5)−2.6595×( dxvp 8)+0.45297×( e 1 C 2 C 2 d )−0.6202×( c 1 C 2 O 2)+1.3542×( CdCH 2)+0.68105×( CaasC )+1.7129×( idcbar );  b)
       MORV=− 0.0035+0.8028×( SHCsatu )+2.1673×( xvp 7)−1.3507×( c 1 C 1 C 3 d )+0.61496×( c 1 C 1 O 2)+0.00403×( idc )−0.23286×( nd 2); and  c)
       MORV=− 0.9926−0.03882×( SdO )+0.1869×( Ssp 3 OH )+2.1847×( xp 7)+0.34344×( e 1 C 3 O 2)−0.45767×( c 1 C 2 C 3)+0.7684×( CKetone ).  d)
   
     
     
         17 . A consumer product produced by the method of  claim 1 .