Shiseido Company, Limited

Ken Shoji

Yuki Sugiyama

Tetsuya Kanemaru

Sumie Taguchi

Tomoko Sato

Masahiro Tanida

Mitsuhiro Denda

Katsuo Hashimoto

Keiko Sakai

Masanori Yoshimura

Seiichi Hirose

Taeko Hiroi

Yushi Terajima

Yasuyuki Nomura

Tsuneyuki Abe

Toru Tsuchiya

Tatsushi Horita

Keiko Kittaka

Kaori Tomochika

Shogo Okuyama

Noriko Tsukakoshi

Tomonori Toyoda

Hiroaki Shigeta

The present invention provides a corona-core microgel emulsifying agent composed of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing polyethylene oxide macromonomers, hydrophobic monomers, and cross-linking monomers under specific conditions as well as an oil-in-water emulsified composition characteristically using said emulsifying agent for emulsification. The object of the present invention is to provide a new corona-core microgel emulsifying agent to be used to prepare an oil-in-water emulsified composition that manifests superior emulsification stability, stability over time, and low skin irritation, and is free of stickiness at the time of application, manifests dewy freshness, is free of powdery sensation and/or squeakiness, and is superior in durability of fragrance, as well as an oil-in-water emulsified composition emulsified with said emulsifying agent.

Corona-core microgel emulsifying agent and oil-in-water emulsified composition

Method of making oil-in-water emulsified composition using corona-core microgel emulsifying agent

Methods for enhancing a preference for a product by repetitive use. The method involves formulating a perfume composition into a product, the perfume composition including (I) allyl caproate and (II) ambroxan or geranium oil.

Method for selecting perfume ingredient, method for formulating fragrance, and preference-enhancing agent

The present invention provides a perfume composition for mental control, the composition containing one or more components acknowledged as having a psycho-sedative effect selected from the group consisting of terpinyl butyrate, &#x3b3;-nonalactone, acetyl isoeugenol, methyl anisate, terpineol, nerol, chrysanthenone, lyral, lilial, &#x3b2;-phenylethyl alcohol, &#x3b3;-methyl ionone, Iso E Super, Z-3-hexenyl salicylate, p-methylphenylacetaldehyde, limonene, ocimene, helional, linalyl acetate, geranyl acetate, geraniol, hedione, linalool, citronellol, and &#x3b3;-hexalactone and/or one or more components acknowledged as having a psycho-stimulative effect selected from the group consisting of piperitone, isoamyl angelate, phenylethyl angelate, cuminyl alcohol, menthalactone, ethyl myristate, and perilla aldehyde. The invention also provides an external composition and daily-use goods, containing the perfume composition for mental control.

Perfume composition

A stimulative perfume composition which demonstrates an excellent stimulative effect uses an anisaldehyde as the stimulative agent. The stimulative perfume composition includes an effective amount of the anisaldehyde in perfume ingredients.

Stimulative agent and stimulative perfume composition

The present invention relates to a beauty method in which a sound skin condition can be maintained or created and/or deep relaxation can be appreciated, wherein a comfort-stimulating means capable of acting on the mind is introduced in addition to a care cosmetic means.

Beauty method

A skin barrier function recovery and promotion composition containing, as an active ingredient, a fragrance which is effective when evaluated by applying a predetermined stress to a model experimental animal, in a system to which the tested fragrance is not applied, to thereby reduce the skin barrier function of the animal and using this data of the degree of recovery of the skin barrier function as an indicator and evaluating the capability by the difference between this data and data of the degree of recovery of the skin barrier function in a system to which the tested fragrance is applied.

Skin barrier function recovery and promotion composition and evaluation method thereof

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Yokohama, Japan

Ken Shoji