JP2017007988A - Perfume composition for relaxation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a perfume composition for relaxation which exhibits a specific effect so as to recall a mentally preferable muscle relaxing (resting) effect experienced in the past.SOLUTION: A perfume composition having the repeatability of a relaxing state is obtained by employing Spirulina or Spirulina extract as an aroma component. A very small amount of Spirulina or Spirulina extract included in a perfume composition for relaxation as an aroma component acts directly on a predetermined part of the brain via a user's sense of smell, recalls the memory of having relaxed in the state when having smelled the same smell in the past, which suppresses the excitement of autonomic nerve and allows parasympathetic nerves to act, thereby the body can be made to relax calmly as evidenced by the below-mentioned test result.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Description

  The present invention relates to a relaxing fragrance composition capable of reproducing the same body state as a relaxed state in an atmosphere of the same scent experienced previously by smelling the fragrance of a predetermined component.

  In general, proteins and their derivatives that are useful to the human body are known from natural algae such as seaweed, seaweed, and spirulina, and when they are formulated into external preparations such as cosmetics, they can be applied to skin and hair. It is known to have a protective effect and a cosmetic effect (Patent Document 1).

  In addition, an extract made from spirulina, etc. belonging to cyanobacteria, can be used in combination with other ingredients as a topical medicine for cosmetics, etc., to treat skin or hair that has received inflammatory effects from sunlight or the atmosphere. It is known that this is useful (Patent Document 2).

  By the way, sympathetic nerve activation action is known as an action of a perfume composition containing known essential oils, and fennel oil, grapefruit oil, pepper oil, hyssop oil, sage are used for improving memory ability and sympathetic nerve activation. Oil, estragon oil, eucalyptus oil, rosemary oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil, ylang ylang oil, ginger oil, geranium oil or olibanum etc. are known, or limonene, pinene, myrcene or benzyl benzoate can also be used Known (Patent Document 3).

JP 2004-203811 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-145067 JP 2002-265977 A

  However, Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above describe that, for example, Spirulina or a hydroglycol extract thereof was used as an external medicine to exert a protective action, anti-inflammatory action or cosmetic action on skin or hair. However, the use of spirulina or its extract as a perfume ingredient is not described.

  Patent Document 3 describes that a perfume containing essential oil affects the body and regulates the autonomic nerve to act on the sympathetic nerve. This document also uses spirulina as a perfume ingredient. Use is not described.

  In general, spirulina is well known to contain various nutritional components that tend to be deficient in humans in addition to the above-mentioned useful anti-inflammatory components. Such a fragrance stimulates olfaction, and so far has been regarded as inappropriate as a fragrance.

  By the way, the relaxation effect obtained by the conventional fragrance composition is due to the fragrance of flowers and fruits possessed by the fragrance such as group fruit oil, but the tension of the autonomic nerves and specific muscles is relaxed or moderate. There was no reproducible effect of the relaxed state.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a relaxing fragrance composition that solves the problems of the above-described conventional fragrance compositions and revives the muscle and mentally favorable relaxation (rest) effects experienced in the past. It is to be.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a fragrance composition for relaxation having reproducibility of a relaxed state is adopted in which spirulina or a spirulina extract that has not been conventionally used as a fragrant fragrance component is employed as an aroma component. It was.

  In the relaxing fragrance composition of the present invention configured as described above, Spirulina or Spirulina extract contained in a trace amount as an aroma component acts directly on a predetermined part of the brain via the user's olfaction, Revitalize a relaxed memory with the same scent in the past, thereby relaxing the autonomic nervous system and causing the parasympathetic nerve to act, relaxing the body relaxed as will be apparent from the test results described below Can be made.

  By the way, Spirulina or Spirulina extract has a so-called smelly smell of trimethylamine that is characteristic of algae and plankton that are rich in nutrients, but this memory has been relaxed in the past with a flashback of nostalgic memory as a trace fragrance component Is thought to be awakened.

In order to ensure that such a memory revitalization effect is exerted reliably, the content of Spirulina or Spirulina extract as the aroma component is 0.0015 mass% to 0.00% in 100 mass% of the fragrance composition. It is preferable to use the above-mentioned relaxing fragrance composition having reproducibility of the relaxed state containing 01% by mass.
A cosmetic containing such a fragrance composition becomes a cosmetic that reproduces a relaxed state psychologically and physically every time it is used.

  Since this invention is a relaxed state reproducible fragrance composition containing spirulina or spirulina extract as an aroma component, the spirulina or spirulina extract contained in a trace amount as an odor component is directly instinctive through the user's odor. A relaxing fragrance composition that acts on a specific part of the brain that controls uncertain behavior and evokes physical memory of a physically or mentally relaxed (rested) state experienced in the past, and has the same effect as a relaxed state. There is an advantage to become a thing.

The relaxed state reproducible fragrance composition of the present invention contains spirulina or spirulina extract as an aroma component.
Spirulina used in the present invention is an algae belonging to the order of Cyanophyceae, Oscillatoriales, forming a single long filamentous body in which a number of cells are connected, and exhibiting a regular spiral (spiral), It contains abundant proteins, sugars, various vitamins, minerals, and other plant pigments such as phycocyanin.

  Incidentally, such spirulina was previously phylogenically classified as belonging to the genus Spirulina, but now, due to the change of the genus name, Arthrospira Platensis, Arthrospira Platensis, Arthrospira -It has been found to be a freshwater phytoplankton belonging to a group of cyanobacteria such as Maxima (Arthrospira Maxima) and Arthrospira Subsalsa.

  In the fragrance composition, it is possible to blend such a spirulina as a raw material, fine powder dried by freeze drying, etc., and a liquid extract (extract) in which an aroma component is eluted in an extraction solvent It is also preferable to blend.

  Such Spirulina extract does not specifically limit the type of extraction solvent, and employs a solvent that can extract as many components as possible. As such an extraction solvent, for example, water or a water-containing organic solvent obtained by mixing water and a hydrophilic organic solvent can be used. The mixing ratio of water and the hydrophilic organic solvent is preferably a mass ratio, for example, in the range of about 1: 1 to 10: 1.

  Examples of the hydrophilic organic solvent include lower alcohols such as ethanol and propanol, polyhydric alcohols such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, and glycerin, or ethyl acetate, Esters such as butyl acetate and methyl propionate, and ketones such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone can also be used as examples of lipophilic organic solvents.

  As described above, the content of the spirulina extract is 0.0015% by mass to 0.01% by mass in 100% by mass of the fragrance composition as the solid content of the extract. A composition is preferred.

  If the amount of Spirulina extract is less than 0.0015% by mass, it is not preferable because reproducibility of the relaxation effect is difficult to be surely obtained. This is unfavorable because the relaxation effect due to the reproduction of memory cannot be reliably obtained.

  The cosmetic composition comprising or containing such a relaxing fragrance composition is not particularly limited and can be prepared by adding an appropriate amount to a known cosmetic composition. For example, perfume, eau de cologne, Examples include application to shampoos, body shampoos, rinses, soaps, lotions, lotions, emulsions and creams.

  In addition, as a method of using the relaxed state reproducible relaxing fragrance composition containing the above spirulina or spirulina extract as an aroma component, bathing, sleeping, and other mental and body relaxed (rested) states. At this time, it is mixed in the air and inhaled from the respiratory organ and taken into the blood to be stored in advance, and then the fragrance composition is breathed when it is desired to be relaxed as necessary. By inhaling from the vessel and taking it into the blood, the mind and body can be in a relaxed (rested) state as described above.

[Comparative Example 1]
Comparative example 1 (basic) was prepared by blending water, ethanol, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil and phenoxyethanol, and adding 0.8% by mass of a well-known floral fragrance (Lacrum Co., Ltd .: AODESSE F fragrance). Fragrance).

[Examples 1 and 2]
Powder prepared by mixing 15% by mass of Spirulina extract powder obtained by extracting spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) as a raw material with a hydrophilic solvent and heating and drying at normal pressure with 85% by mass of trehalose as a base material A fragrance (perfume) composition in which 0.0015% by mass of the Spirulina extract powder is contained in 100% by mass of the fragrance composition by diluting this with the basic fragrance of Comparative Example 1 (Example 1) Or the fragrance | flavor (perfume) composition (Example 2) contained 0.01 mass% was manufactured.

[Comparative Example 2]
In Example 1 or 2, the fragrance composition was exactly the same except that 0.01% by mass of a commercially available seaweed extract (mixed extract of brown algae, red algae and green algae) was used instead of Spirulina extract as a solid content. Manufactured.

For Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 produced as described above, the following relaxed state reproducibility test was performed, and the results were examined with a panel of four adult men and women. It was shown in 3.
In addition, about the panelers A, B, C, and D in the table, F indicates female, M indicates male, and the subsequent numbers indicate age.

<Relaxation reproducibility experiment>
Whether the relaxed state at the time of bathing was reproduced by the olfactory perception of the fragrance composition was examined by blood pressure and heart rate measurements and questionnaires.
Panelists of all 4 adult men and women were previously bathed in hot water at 40 ° C. in a bathroom atmosphere sprayed with the fragrance composition of Examples 1 and 2 or Comparative Examples 1 and 2 on the day before the measurement. After ˜45 minutes, each value of blood pressure and heart rate was measured in a room at 23 to 25 ° C. (hereinafter referred to as (a) measured value on the previous day).
Next, in the morning (around 9-10 o'clock) the day after bathing, each value of blood pressure and heart rate was measured again in the same room ((b) measured value before perception), and then the flavor composition of the examples or comparative examples An object was sprayed several times around the panel so as to be taken into the inspiration, and blood pressure and heart rate values were measured within 30 minutes after about 5 minutes ((c) measured values after perception).

  The results of these measurements and the main composition of the used fragrance composition are summarized in Tables 1 to 4 below.

  As is clear from the results of Tables 1 to 4, when the trends of all the panelists are comprehensively observed, in the state where the heart rate is almost stable and calm although there are variations depending on individual differences, in Comparative Example 1 As compared with the blood pressure measurement value on the previous day, the measurement value after the perception of the fragrance composition hardly changed. This tendency was similarly observed in Comparative Example 2 in which brown algae, red algae, and green algae extracts were used in place of the spirulina extract.

  On the other hand, when the fragrance compositions of Examples 1 and 2 are used, all the panelists may show measurement values that are equal to or lower than the measurement values after perception of the fragrance composition compared to the blood pressure measurement values on the previous day. Obviously, it was recognized that physical memory of the physically or mentally relaxed (rested) state experienced after bathing was evoked, and the effect of reaching the same relaxed state was observed even when not bathing. It was.

Claims (3)

  A relaxing fragrance composition having reproducibility of a relaxed state, comprising spirulina or spirulina extract as an aroma component.   The fragrance for relaxation having relaxed reproducibility according to claim 1, wherein the content of spirulina or spirulina extract as the fragrance component is 0.0015 mass% to 0.01 mass% in 100 mass% of the fragrance composition. Composition.   Cosmetics containing the fragrance composition for relaxation of Claim 1 or 2.