Abstract: The invention relates to a paper roll support for use as a room air freshener, in particular for toilet paper rolls, with an internal space and a longitudinal axis (14) extending horizontally in the operating state. It is proposed according to the invention that a movable membrane element (54) extending along the longitudinal axis of the paper roll support (10) be arranged in the internal space (50), said membrane element subdividing the internal space into two chambers (72, 74), wherein the membrane element (54) is arranged in such a way that it moves about the longitudinal axis of the paper roll support (10) in the operating state on rotation of the latter in such a way that the volumes of the chambers defined by the membrane element (54) vary inversely, and wherein the chambers (72, 74) optionally have closable connection openings (82) for air exchange with the surrounding environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aroma composition for reducing or suppressing a bitter, astringent impression in the oral cavity, comprising (i) one or more salivatory aroma substances and/or flavorings and (ii) one or more particular bitterness-masking aroma substances and/or flavorings and optionally (iii) one or more further aroma substances, wherein preferably at least one aroma substance is an aroma substance which suppresses malodors and optionally (iv) one or more auxiliary substances or carriers.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a (E,Z)-7,8-cyclohexadecen-1-one isomeric mixture is described, comprising the following step: partial isomerisation of (E,Z)-8-cyclohexadecen-1-one so that the (E,Z)-7,8-cyclohexadecen-1-one isomeric mixture is formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aldehyde from a secondary alcohol having a double bond in the alpha position, comprising the steps. a) provision of the alcohol, b) treatment of the alcohol with ozone.

Abstract: Described is a spherical coated capsule comprising a coating-free capsule having (i) a liquid or viscous core (1) and (ii) a solid shell (2) surrounding this core, and a solid chocolate coating (4) surrounding said coating-free capsule, wherein the diameter of the spherical chocolate coated capsule is in the range of 4-20 mm, the solid chocolate coating (4) comprises chocolate in an amount in the range of 20-95% (m/m), based on the total mass of the chocolate coated capsule, the diameter of the coating-free capsule is in the range of 3-10 mm, the thickness of the shell (2) of said coating-free capsule is in the range of 20-200 ?m, the ratio of shell thickness to diameter of said coating-free capsule is in the range of 0.004-0.04, the shell (2) of said coating-free capsule contains 70-90% (m/m) gelatine or alginate and 10-30% (m/m) plasticiser, based on the dry mass of said shell, and the core (1) has a flavouring content in the range of 1-100% (m/m), based on the total mass of the core.

Abstract: The use of a compound having formula (I) is described as an agent for the browning of skin or hair, Formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2 are mutually independently H, OH, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-O-alkyl or O-prenyl, R3 is H, OH, O-glucose or O-rhamnose and R4 is a monosaccharide radical or an oligosaccharide radical having 2, 3, 4 or 5 carbohydrate units, with the proviso that the compound having formula (I) is not used in the form of a preparation based on Citrus auranitium dulcis.

Abstract: The use of hesperetin of formula (I) is described wherein the hesperetin of formula (I) is in the form of a (2S)-enantiomer, (2R)-enantiomer or any desired mixture of the two enantiomers, a salt of hesperetin of formula (I), —a mixture comprising or consisting of two or more salts of the hesperetin of formula (I), or a mixture comprising or consisting of hesperetin of formula (I) and one or more salts of hesperetin of formula (I) for enhancing the sweet taste of a sweet-tasting substance or sweet olfactory impression of a flavouring which gives a sweet olfactory impression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture of compounds of formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, and R3 are independently H or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 C-atom, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is not H; R4 is H, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C-atom, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 C-atom; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently H or methyl; and R9 is H, an alkyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms, or an alkenyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms; as a flavoring substance or mixture of flavoring substances.

Abstract: The use of isoeugenol methyl ether is described as an agent (i) to inhibit and/or prevent the growth of and/or to destroy micro-organisms causing bad breath and/or (ii) to combat bad breath.

Abstract: A menthol-containing solids composition comprising or consisting of (a) a solid menthol component consisting of bodies having a content of 95 wt. % or more menthol, based on the total weight of the bodies, and (b) a solid silicon dioxide component comprising or consisting of particles having a particle size of not more than 100 ?m, wherein particles of the silicon dioxide component adhere to the surface of the bodies of the menthol component and wherein the amount of the silicon dioxide component is not more than 4 wt. % and the amount of the menthol component is at least 95 wt. %, in each case based on the total weight of the solids composition.

Abstract: Acyclic compounds containing an ethers functionality external to the ring can be used as rhinologically active substances. In the regions of the mouth, the throat and the airways they produce a refreshing and clearing feeling.

Abstract: A process is described for strengthening the barrier function of undamaged skin in particular against allergens and/or for preventing or inhibiting an allergic reaction of undamaged skin on contact with an allergenic active ingredient, with the following step: Preparation of a mixture comprising: (c) a ceramide and/or a pseudoceramide and (d) an anti-irritant Application of an effective amount of the mixture to the undamaged skin.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the separation of olfactorily and/or gustatorily active components by means of high-temperature liquid chromatography (HTLC) and a process for the direct tasting of the components separated by this process.

Abstract: The present invention primarily relates to the use of an aldehyde, substituted in alpha position by an alkyl residue, of the formula having (I) a total of 13 C atoms, wherein R means an unbranched alkyl residue having 6, 7, 8 or 9 C atoms and R? means an unbranched alkyl residue having 2, 3, 4 or 5 C atoms, or (II) a total of 15 C atoms, wherein R means an unbranched alkyl residue having 8, 9, 10 or 11 C atoms and R? means an unbranched alkyl residue having 2, 3, 4 or 5 C atoms, or a blend comprising or consisting of two, three or more such aldehydes of type (I) and/or (II), as an odoriferous or aroma substance.

Abstract: The invention relates to metering dispensers for release of a product into a WC bowl of a toilet, comprising a fixing region which is constructed in order to fix the metering dispenser in the region of the toilet, in particular under a WC lid, and a storage container for accommodating the product. Such metering dispensers have the problem that the product can be metered only inaccurately and not very variably. This problem is solved according to the invention in that the storage container is constructed for accommodation of pre-portioned products and a delivery device which is constructed in order to deliver at least one pre-portioned product from the storage container into the WC bowl is provided.

Abstract: The use (i) of a compound of formula 2 wherein R3 and R4 independently of one another represent a C2-C4-alkyl or -alkenyl radical or (ii) of a mixture consisting of or comprising: at least one such compound of formula 2 as well as at least one compound of formula 1 and/or at least one compound of formula 3, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another represent a C2-C4-alkyl or -alkenyl radical, as a fragrance or flavouring is described.

Abstract: The invention primarily relates to aroma compositions of (i) certain saliva-stimulating alkamides having a tingling, pungent and/or hot flavor (such as for example pellitorines, spilanthol) with (ii) hesperetin (5,7-dihydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-chroman-4-one) or the enantiomers and/or salts thereof and/or (iii) 4-hydroxydihydrochalcones (3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylpropan-1-ones) and/or the salts thereof, the use thereof to enhance the sweet flavor of sweet-tasting substances or the sweet odor impression of aroma substances which give rise to a sweet odor impression, but in particular to enhance the sweet initial flavor or odor (initial sweetness). The invention thus relates to the use of said aroma compositions as general sweetness enhancers and enhancers of initial sweetness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and the formula (Ia) wherein R1, R2 and R3 mutually independently mean hydrogen or methyl, odoriferous and/or aroma substance compositions comprising one or more compounds according to the invention of the formula (I) and/or formula (Ia), perfumed products and aromatized products in each case comprising one or more compounds according to the invention of the formula (I) and/or formula (Ia), and to uses of one or more compounds according to the invention of the formula (I) and/or formula (Ia) as odoriferous and/or aroma substances and methods of producing compounds according to the invention of the formula (I) and formula (Ia).

Abstract: The use is described of the 4-hydroxychalcone derivatives of the formula (I) wherein A may represent a single or double bond, R1, R2 and R3, mutually independently, may in each case mean H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, providing that at least one of the residues R1 to R3 means OH, and R4 means H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, and/or (ii) the salts thereof and (iii) mixtures thereof to mask or reduce the unpleasant taste impression of an unpleasant tasting substance, as are corresponding methods and preparations.

Abstract: The use of a hydroxyphenylalkadione derivative of the formula (I) wherein, for X, a and Y: X is a —CH2—, —NH— or —O— group, Y is a —CH2— group and a is a single bond or X and Y are in each case a —CH— group and a is a double bond in the Z or E configuration, wherein, for R1, R2 and R3 R1 denotes hydrogen, an aliphatic radical having 1 to 4 C atoms or a —O—R5, —S—R5 or —NR5R6 group and R2 and R3 independently of one another denote hydrogen or an alkyl having 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 C atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more oxo groups or R7—O— groups or R1 and R2 together form an aliphatic ring which contains a total of 4 to 10 carbon atoms and 0 or 1 oxygen atom, wherein the ring constituent represented by R1 and R2 is optionally substituted by one or more oxo groups and/or R7—O— groups and/or aliphatic radicals having 1 to 4 C atoms and R3 denotes hydrogen or an alkyl having 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 C atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more oxo groups or R7—O— groups or R2 and