We claim a fragrance delivery system consisting of a mixture of various
polymers oligomers and stabilizers capable of forming a surfactant
complex gel dispersion when combined with a cleansing surfactant base and
yielding high levels of fragrance deposition onto the skin, hair or other
surface such as a textile, from a cleansing or softening consumer product
comprising a micelle forming surfactant. The internal phase or
dispersible phase of this surfactant complex gel dispersion (GLPPD) is
made of a mixture of various immiscible polymers, oligomers and
stabilizers forming a complex gel with the surfactant platform and whose
ratio and composition are selected to dissolve preferentially a wide
range of fragrance raw materials. The selection criteria are, first, that
the fragrance should present a higher fragrance partitioning ratio into
the surfactant complex gel phase than into the free micelles of the
surfactant, second, that the surfactant complex gel should not be further
solubilized by the free micelles, and third, that the polymer mixture
selected should complex with the surfactant system. The external or
dispersing phase of the GLPPD is made of a single cationic polymer or a
mixture of cationic polymers that have been hydrated and associated with
the surfactant to form a complex gel structure that cannot be further
solubilized by the free micelles.