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02/04/2015
Queen's Develops 'Sweat-Friendly' Perfume
Scientists at Queen's University in Belfast have developed a perfume which is said to smell better, the more a person sweats.
Researchers at the Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre, developed a perfume delivery system which releases more of its aroma when it comes into contact with moisture; that is, a person smells nicer when their sweat levels increase.
The system has been created by tagging a raw fragrance onto an ionic liquid – salt in the form liquid – which has no smell. The 'perfumed ionic liquid' releases its aroma when it comes into contact with water, allowing more of the perfume's scent to be released onto a person's skin. The system also has the ability to remove the bad odours that come from sweat. The 'thiol' compounds that are responsible for the malodour of sweat are attracted to the ionic liquid, attaching themselves to it and losing their potency, experts have said.
QUILL researchers are currently working with a perfume development company to identify a number of product ideas that could eventually be sold in shops.
Dr Nimal Gunaratne, Project leader, from the Queen's University Belfast Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre, said: "This is an exciting breakthrough that uses newly discovered ionic liquid systems to release material in a controlled manner.
"Not only does it have great commercial potential, and could be used in perfumes and cosmetic creams, but it could also be used in others area of science, such as the slow release of certain substances of interest."
Photo: Queen's University Belfast
(JP/MH)
Researchers at the Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre, developed a perfume delivery system which releases more of its aroma when it comes into contact with moisture; that is, a person smells nicer when their sweat levels increase.
The system has been created by tagging a raw fragrance onto an ionic liquid – salt in the form liquid – which has no smell. The 'perfumed ionic liquid' releases its aroma when it comes into contact with water, allowing more of the perfume's scent to be released onto a person's skin. The system also has the ability to remove the bad odours that come from sweat. The 'thiol' compounds that are responsible for the malodour of sweat are attracted to the ionic liquid, attaching themselves to it and losing their potency, experts have said.
QUILL researchers are currently working with a perfume development company to identify a number of product ideas that could eventually be sold in shops.
Dr Nimal Gunaratne, Project leader, from the Queen's University Belfast Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre, said: "This is an exciting breakthrough that uses newly discovered ionic liquid systems to release material in a controlled manner.
"Not only does it have great commercial potential, and could be used in perfumes and cosmetic creams, but it could also be used in others area of science, such as the slow release of certain substances of interest."
Photo: Queen's University Belfast
(JP/MH)
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