Concentrated Personal Cleansing Compositions and Methods

Abstract

Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) A rinse-off cleansing composition, comprising:
 a. from about 20% to about 34%, by weight of the composition, of surfactant;   b. from about 4% to about 30%, by weight of the composition, of a perfume, wherein the weight percent of perfume is from about 10% to about 90%, by weight of the surfactant;   c. from about 3% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of a solvent, wherein at least 3% of the solvent, by weight of the composition, comprises a hydric solvent and wherein the weight percent of the hydric solvent is from about 8% to about 60%, by weight of the surfactant; and   d. from about 10% to about 73%, by weight of the composition, of water; wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ at 1 Hz of about 25 Pa to about 3000 Pa.   
     
     
         2 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 20% to about 30%, by weight of the composition, of surfactant. 
     
     
         3 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the surfactant comprises from about 15% to about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a first surfactant. 
     
     
         4 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 3 , wherein the first surfactant comprises a branched anionic surfactant. 
     
     
         5 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 4 , wherein the anionic surfactant comprises a sulfate, an alkyl ether sulfate, an alkyl ether sulfate with about 0.5 to about 5 ethoxylate groups, or sodium trideceth-2 sulfate. 
     
     
         6 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 4 , wherein the first surfactant comprises sodium trideceth-2 sulfate, sodium trideceth-3, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         7 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 4 , wherein the surfactant further comprises from about 4% to about 8%, by weight of the composition, of a cosurfactant. 
     
     
         8 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 7 , wherein the cosurfactant comprises a betaine, an alkyl amidopropyl betaine, cocoamidopropyl betaine, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of the perfume. 
     
     
         10 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the perfume has from about 5% to about 30%, by weight of the perfume, of perfume raw materials with a Kovats index from about 1100 to about 1700. 
     
     
         11 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition has from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of the hydric solvent. 
     
     
         12 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the hydric solvent comprises dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dibutylene glycol, hexylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, heptylene glycol, propylene glycol, a polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight below about 500, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         13 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 40% to about 75%, by weight of the composition, of the combination of water and hydric solvent. 
     
     
         14 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition has a G″ at 1 Hz of about 20 Pa to about 250 Pa. 
     
     
         15 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition is not a ringing gel. 
     
     
         16 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the perfume is from about 10% to about 50%, by weight of the surfactant. 
     
     
         17 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the weight percent of hydric solvent is from about 12% to about 40%, by weight of the surfactant. 
     
     
         18 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition is a microemulsion or contains a microemulsion phase. 
     
     
         19 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the composition becomes a microemulsion upon dilution with water of about 3:1 by weight (water:composition) to about 10:1 by weight (water:composition). 
     
     
         20 ) A rinse-off cleansing composition, comprising:
 a) from about 15% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of a first surfactant comprising a branched anionic surfactant;   b) from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a perfume;   c) from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of dipropylene glycol; and   d) from about 50% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of water;   wherein the composition is not a ringing gel.   
     
     
         21 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 20 , wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ of about 25 Pa to about 3000 Pa. 
     
     
         22 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 21 , wherein the composition is a microemulsion or contains a microemulsion phase. 
     
     
         23 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 22 , wherein the branched anionic surfactant comprises sodium trideceth-2 sulfate. 
     
     
         24 ) The rinse-off cleansing composition of  claim 23 , wherein the composition further comprises from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a cosurfactant comprising cocoamidopropyl betaine. 
     
     
         25 ) A cleansing composition, consisting essentially of:
 a) from about 15% to about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a first surfactant comprising a branched anionic surfactant;   b) from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a zwitterionic cosurfactant;   c) from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a perfume;   d) from about 4% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, of dipropylene glycol;   e) optionally from about 0.1% to about 5% of a preservative, thickener, hydrophobic oil, additive, soap, or a combination thereof; and   f) from about 30% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of water;   wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition is not a ringing gel.