Captiver fragrance
A captive fragrance , or captiv for short , is a fragrance that is retained by its original manufacturer for exclusive use in its own fragrances, that is, is not freely sold on the market.
meaning
Perfume formulations cannot be patented , and since they are relatively easy to decipher with the help of modern analytical methods such as GC-MS , they can be easily copied if they only consist of fragrance building blocks available on the market such as essential oils and synthetic ones Fragrances exist. New fragrances, on the other hand, can be patented, and if the manufacturer decides not to offer a patented fragrance on the market, he can extend patent protection to their compositions by using this fragrance in his perfume formulations, as only he can produce the patented compound may. As long as the patent holder does not offer the connection freely, his perfume compositions with this captiv may not be copied.
In order to be usable as a captive odoriferous substance, a compound must have special specific odor characteristics that give a composition a certain signature . If this signature effect cannot be imitated with other fragrances or fragrance mixtures, the introduction and use of captives provides a certain degree of product protection and thus a decisive advantage over the competition, at least for the period in which the patent is valid. If a captiv approaches the end of its patent protection, the manufacturer usually releases it and offers it on the market itself in order to keep the competition away from production.
Since the development and introduction of new fragrances is very expensive, only large fragrance and perfume manufacturers such as Givaudan , Firmenich , IFF , Symrise and Takasago can afford this strategy.
Examples
Important examples of captive fragrances that are now over the counter are Hedion in " Eau Sauvage " (C. Dior , 1966), Moxalon in " CK Be " ( Calvin Klein , 1996), or Dynascon in " Cool Water " ( Davidoff , 1988).
Individual evidence
- ^ Curtis, Tony; Williams, David G .; An Introduction to Perfumery , 2nd ed .; Micelle Press, Port Washington, 2001, p. 702; ISBN 1-870228-24-3 .
- ↑ Philip Kraft, Jerzy A. Bajgrowicz, Caroline Denis, Georg Fráter: All sorts of trends: the latest developments in odorant chemistry. In: Angewandte Chemie. 112, 2000, p. 3106, doi : 10.1002 / 1521-3757 (20000901) 112: 17 <3106 :: AID-ANGE3106> 3.0.CO; 2-P .
- ^ Morris, AF; Näf, F .; Snowden, RL; Perfume. Flavor. 1991 , 16 (4), 33-35.