Uses of mixtures of alpha methyl styrene dimers and terpene dimers in perfumery processes and products

摘要

A process is described for providing clear extended compositions of essential oils which comprises a composition of an essential oil and an extender material miscible with said essential oil which does not appreciably alter the aroma of the essential oil insofar as its quality or strength is concerned, the proportion of essential oil in extender material being from about 70% up to about 99%, said extender material being a mixture of (A) a dimerization product of an alpha methyl styrene or a methyl or other C2-C4 lower alkyl homologue thereof or mixture of same, and (B) one or more "dimerization" (or "coupling") products of one or more terpenes which are monocyclic and have two carbon-carbon double bonds or which are bicyclic and have one carbon-carbon double bond or one or more hydrogenated derivatives thereof or mixtures of same.