| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for giving a flavor having an enhanced feeling of refreshment, its persistency and good taste by using a perfume composition prepared by adding a specified essential oil to l-menthol or a perfume substance containing l-menthol. SOLUTION: A perfume composition prepared by adding the essential oil of a tea tree to l-menthol or a perfume substance (e.g. an essential oil obtained from peppermint, an essential oil obtained from Japanese mint or an essential oil obtained from a plant belonging to the genus Menthe of the Family Labitae) is used. The essential oil of a tea tree is one obtained from, for example, plants Melaleuca alternifolia, Melaleuca leucadendra and Melaleuca viridiblora belonging to the genus Melaleuca of the family Myrtaceae and contains terpinen-4-ol and cineole as the principal components and other forty-eight organic compounds and can be used also as, e.g. a bactericide. |
